Agriculture Weather & Forecast

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Mild weather poses risks for Prairie winter wheat

By Phil Franz-Warkentin January 26, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Milder-than-normal temperatures across Western Canada over the past week could raise some issues for its winter wheat crops, though snow cover and conditions through the rest of the winter will also be important. “It’s not ideal conditions for winter wheat, and I’d anticipate that we’d see some damage,” said CWB analyst Bruce […] Read more

Premier Stephen Harper and Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger examine flooded areas around Brandon in July 2014. (PMO photo by Jill Thompson)

General, Weather

Manitoba seeks more climate-responsive risk management

By Country Guide Staff January 21, 2015

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Manitoba provincial task force has been set up to seek ways in which farm risk management programs could be “more comprehensive and sustainable” in handling “climate-related challenges” such as floods. “Manitoba’s farmers have told us existing agricultural programs can’t adequately address these climate-related challenges, especially as they become more common,” Agriculture Minister Ron Kostyshyn […] Read more

Crops, Forages, Soybeans, Weather

Manitoba to boost insurance coverage on pedigreed soybeans

By Country Guide Staff January 21, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Increased coverage for pedigreed soybeans is among the changes planned for Manitoba’s provincial crop insurance program for the 2015 growing season. Soybeans are expected to be the largest pedigreed seed crop in Manitoba this year, the province said in a release, and the increased coverage is expected to reflect the “additional cost” of producing the […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Grasshopper risk light in most of Western Canada

By Terryn Shiells January 21, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Most of Western Canada is expected to see low populations of grasshoppers in 2015, although there are a few areas of concern, according to forecasts from the three provinces. Most of Manitoba has a low risk of seeing high grasshopper populations this year, according to a forecast from Manitoba Agriculture, Food and […] Read more

General, Reuters, Weather

Australia weather bureau says models show low chance of El Nino

By Reuters January 20, 2015

Reading Time: < 1 minute Sydney | Reuters –– Weather models show a low chance of an El Nino, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) said Tuesday, after indicators of the climate event eased in recent weeks. El Nino — a warming of sea-surface temperatures in the Pacific — can prompt drought in Southeast Asia and Australia and heavy rains […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Weather

Food diversity under siege from global warming, UN says

By Chris Arsenault January 19, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Rome | Thomson Reuters Foundation — Climate change threatens the genetic diversity of the world’s food supply, and saving crops and animals at risk will be crucial for preserving yields and adapting to wild weather patterns, a United Nations policy paper said on Monday. Certain wild crops — varieties not often cultivated by today’s farmers […] Read more

Crops, Spring Wheat, Weather

Wheat models show climate change pressuring yields

By Country Guide Staff January 16, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes A combination of multiple computer models of weather’s impact on wheat warns of a six per cent dent in world wheat production for every degree Celsius in temperature increase. Scientists have been trying for 20 years to estimate effects of temperature increase and climate change on wheat production, which accounts for 20 per cent of […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Weather

U.S. scientists call 2014 Earth’s hottest year on record

By Irene Klotz January 16, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutes Cape Canaveral | Reuters — Last year was Earth’s warmest on record, bolstering the argument that people are altering the planet’s climate by relentlessly burning fuels that belch greenhouse gases into the air, two major U.S. government agencies said Friday. Separate studies by the U.S. space agency NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration […] Read more

General, Weather

Chance of full-blown El Nino seen fading

By Dave Sims January 13, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada –– Despite frequent predictions that an El Nino weather event would unfold in early 2015, a well known weather expert says it’s growing more and more unlikely we will see one anytime soon. “The latest data suggests a weakening trend and even though we have some of the symptoms of El Nino we’re […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Spring Wheat, Weather, Winter Wheat

Wheat midge populations to collapse in parts of Alta.

By MarketsFarm Team January 6, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Recent large wheat midge populations in the eastern Peace region of Alberta are expected to collapse in 2015, according to a forecast report from the Alberta Insect Pest Monitoring Network. But there is still a risk of higher populations in the region due to the very large levels of the insect population […] Read more

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Mild weather poses risks for Prairie winter wheat

Manitoba seeks more climate-responsive risk management

Manitoba to boost insurance coverage on pedigreed soybeans

Grasshopper risk light in most of Western Canada

Australia weather bureau says models show low chance of El Nino

Food diversity under siege from global warming, UN says

Wheat models show climate change pressuring yields

U.S. scientists call 2014 Earth’s hottest year on record

Chance of full-blown El Nino seen fading

Wheat midge populations to collapse in parts of Alta.

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