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Soggy conditions stress Saskatchewan’s crops

By GFM Network News July 14, 2016

CNS Canada –– Crops were hit hard by rain in many parts of the province during the period of July 5-11, according to a report from the Saskatchewan government. Lloydminster, Estevan and Carrot River were just a few of the communities hit hardest by the precipitation. In some cases, areas in eastern and southern regions […] Read more

Rainfall for July 13, 2016 as of 6:40 p.m. CT. (CoCoRaHS.org)

Crops, Weather

Storms trim potential for big Prairie crops

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News July 13, 2016

Reuters — Heavy rain and strong winds are likely to curb the potential for Western Canada’s crops, government officials said, but the harvest may still be bigger than average. Pockets across Saskatchewan, Canada’s biggest wheat- and canola-growing province, received as much as five inches of rain, strong winds and hail since Sunday. The storms flattened […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Severe weather causing problems for Manitoba crops

By GFM Network News June 27, 2016

CNS Canada — Manitoba was pummelled over the weekend with heavy rains, winds and even hail in some areas, leaving various crops around the province a little beat up. “It’s a little too early to say what the final impact will be, but crops that saw that severe weather system did see some crop damage,” […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

India to launch new crop insurance scheme

By GFM Network News December 23, 2015

New Delhi | Reuters — India will launch a new farm crop insurance scheme early next year and use drones and other technologies to assess crop damage, the agriculture minister said Wednesday, in what could be Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first major move to address rural hardship. The impact of unseasonal rains and two straight […] Read more

Livestock

Sask. widens wolf harvest pilot area

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News December 3, 2015

Last winter’s pilot project to push wolves back from ranches and farms in northeastern Saskatchewan will expand west this winter. Saskatchewan’s environment ministry on Wednesday announced a wolf hunt will run from Dec. 15 this year until March 31, 2016 in wildlife management zones (WMZs) 49 and 53. The wolf hunt pilot program ran from […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

USDA analyzing effects of wild pigs on crops, livestock

By Reuters, GFM Network News September 25, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said Friday it has started analyzing for the first time data it has collected on the impact that wild pigs have on U.S. farmers’ crop and livestock operations. It is estimated by federal and state agricultural officials that there are more than five million wild […] Read more

Excessive moisture from the May long weekend storm might trigger more crop insurance claims than the widespread frost. Snow just about buried this tillering winter wheat near Holland, Man. (MAFRD photos by Anastasia Kubinec)

Crops, Weather

Dawson: Moisture may trigger more Man. crop claims than frost

By Allan Dawson, GFM Network News May 21, 2015

Excessive moisture in Manitoba from the Victoria Day long weekend might result in more crop insurance claims than frost. “From our perspective the amount of rain and snow that came with this storm is probably as big a concern as the frost itself,” David Van Deynze, Manitoba Agricultural Services Corp.’s manager of claim services, said […] Read more

Crops, News

Later canola seeding could mean less flea beetle damage

In addition to flea beetles, farmers should be scouting for cutworms, wireworms and grasshoppers

By Allan Dawson, Co-operator staff June 6, 2014

Flea beetles are munching on Manitoba canola crops but a provincial entomologist says the damage may look worse than it is. If there’s more than 25 per cent feeding damage after the canola crop has been planted for at least three weeks, an insecticide application could be economic, John Gavloski said in a Manitoba Agriculture, […] Read more

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Tag Archives crop damage

Soggy conditions stress Saskatchewan’s crops

Storms trim potential for big Prairie crops

Severe weather causing problems for Manitoba crops

India to launch new crop insurance scheme

Sask. widens wolf harvest pilot area

USDA analyzing effects of wild pigs on crops, livestock

Dawson: Moisture may trigger more Man. crop claims than frost

Later canola seeding could mean less flea beetle damage

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