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Forecast probability of temperature above, below and near normal (calibrated) for the period of March, April and May 2023. (Map by Environment and Climate Change Canada)

‘Normal’ spring ahead for most of the Prairies

Below-normal rains expected for southern Alberta, western Saskatchewan

By GFM Network News March 1, 2023

MarketsFarm — Canada’s Prairies are looking at normal temperatures over the next month to three months, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC). The federal department on Tuesday issued its temperature and precipitation probabilistic forecasts, which also called for normal precipitation for most of the region. “The forecast is really neutral for the Prairies, […] Read more

External view of the U.S. Department of Labor headquarters in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 30, 2020. (File photo: Reuters/Andrew Kelly)

General, Machinery, Reuters

U.S. to crack down on child labour amid massive uptick

Food processing plants among alleged offenders

By GFM Network News February 28, 2023

Washington | Reuters — The Biden administration in the U.S. announced measures to crack down on child labour on Monday amid a steep rise in violations and investigative reports by Reuters and other news outlets on illegal employment of migrant minors in dangerous industries. U.S. officials said the Labor Department had seen a nearly 70 […] Read more

A composite satellite view of Hurricane Fiona nearing Nova Scotia at about 6 p.m. local time on Sept. 23, 2022. (U.S. National Hurricane Center image, NOAA.gov)

General, Machinery, Weather

Nova Scotia to bridge Fiona funding gap for farmers

Provincial program offering up to $400K per farm

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News February 25, 2023

Nova Scotia farmers who didn’t qualify for federal disaster financial assistance (DFA) in the wake of Hurricane Fiona last September may be able to get in on a new provincial program instead. The province on Thursday announced $3 million for what it calls the Fiona Agriculture Response Gap Funding program, offering up to $400,000 for […] Read more

File photo of a migrating flock of snow geese in Canada. (Pchoui/iStock/Getty Images)

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Flu experts gather with H5N1 risk on the agenda

Threat to humans from current strain seen as low

By GFM Network News February 24, 2023

London | Reuters — The world’s leading experts on influenza met this week to discuss the threat posed to humans by a strain of H5N1 avian flu that has caused record numbers of bird deaths around the world in recent months. The group of scientists, regulators and vaccine manufacturers meets twice a year to decide […] Read more

File photo of wild birds in flight over a lake in Uruguay. (Paz Roca/iStock/Getty Images)

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

More South American nations report bird flu cases

Brazil still remains free of contagion

By GFM Network News February 15, 2023

Sao Paulo | Reuters — The confirmation of more bird flu cases in South America raised alarm bells in Brazil, which remains free of contagion even after its close neighbours Argentina and Uruguay confirmed cases there on Wednesday. In a press conference to discuss the global sanitary hazard, Brazilian Agriculture Minister Carlos Favaro said Brazil, […] Read more

A prairie grass fire came perilously close to Leeann Minogue’s farmyard in southeast Saskatchewan last fall.

Features

How to contain grass fires

Tips to help keep your farm from going up in smoke

By Leeann Minogue February 13, 2023

By October 12 of last year, at the end of a hot, dry harvest in southeast Saskatchewan, we thought we’d made it through the season without a fire. We started to relax. Even put a few things away. Of course, that’s when the fire broke out. That day, a spark that had been smouldering under […] Read more

News, Wheat & Chaff

BeGrainSafe provides valuable training for firefighters

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association February 8, 2023

BeGrainSafe is an important part of the safety programs offered by the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA). Through the BeGrainSafe initiative, firefighters are trained on how to respond to grain entrapment incidents, which can be a danger on grain farms. At the heart of the program is the BeGrainSafe Trailer, a mobile training and demonstration […] Read more

General, Reuters

Canada withdraws proposed measures banning certain rifles, shotguns

Critics said plan was unfair to farmers, hunters

By Reuters, GFM Network News February 4, 2023

Reuters — Canada has withdrawn proposed amendments to gun legislation that would have banned certain types of rifles and shotguns, the government said on Friday, after opponents alleged the prohibitions unfairly targeted farmers and hunters. The amendments were added to a gun control package that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government introduced last year after the […] Read more

Dr. Digvir Jayas. (University of Manitoba photo)

Crops

Acclaimed Manitoba stored grain researcher now Alberta bound

Digvir Jayas named president at University of Lethbridge

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News February 2, 2023

A leading Canadian researcher and expert in safe storage of grain is headed westbound and up to the head office at another Prairie university. Dr. Digvir Jayas, currently on sabbatical as professor and vice-president (research and international) at the University of Manitoba, will become president and vice-chancellor at the University of Lethbridge effective July 1 […] Read more

File photo of a provincial border marker in Lloydminster. (Michele Gervais/iStock/Getty Images)

General

Borderline city hosts interprovincial food trade pilot

Trade barrier on pause for two years for food businesses serving Lloydminster

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News January 31, 2023

The idea of loosening interprovincial trade in certain foods made by provincially-inspected processors will get a major test in one of Canada’s very few province-crossing municipalities. The Saskatchewan, Alberta and federal governments on Jan. 19 announced the start of a two-year pilot project within the limits of Lloydminster, a city of over 31,000 people straddling […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Live cattle drop as beef prices, packer margins erode

CBOT Weekly: Soybean, wheat futures come down

Masterfeeds to enter new ADM/Alltech feed joint venture

GFM Network News