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Drier bias seen on horizon for Manitoba

By GFM Network News April 30, 2015

CNS Canada — Warm and dry weather is allowing for a good start to spring seeding in Manitoba, but that dryness could pose problems down the road as its longer-term outlook is also on the dry side, according to meteorologist Drew Lerner. Temperatures on Thursday in Manitoba were hitting levels more normally seen in the […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Weather

California orders 25 per cent reduction in water usage

By Reuters, GFM Network News April 1, 2015

Reuters — California Governor Jerry Brown, acting in the face of a devastating multiyear drought, ordered the first statewide mandatory water restrictions on Wednesday, directing cities and communities to reduce usage by 25 per cent. The cutbacks, to be implemented by state and local water agencies, will affect consumers and businesses throughout the most populous […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Weather

Chile says drought here to stay, lays out plan to ensure water

By GFM Network News March 24, 2015

Santiago | Reuters — With no end in sight to a drought that has blighted Chile for the last several years, the government will invest in desalinization plants and reservoirs to ensure access to potable water, President Michelle Bachelet said on Tuesday. The drought, which began in 2007, is hampering copper production in the world’s […] Read more

CoCoRaHS’ daily precipitation data for the U.S. for March 19, 2015.

Crops, Reuters, Weather

No relief in sight for U.S. West’s drought in spring outlook

By GFM Network News March 19, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — Drought pressures will increase in California and western areas of the U.S. this spring even as the dry season begins, the government’s Climate Prediction Center said Thursday. “Periods of record warmth in the West and not enough precipitation during the rainy season cut short drought relief in California this winter and […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Weather

California tightens water regulations amid long drought

By Reuters, GFM Network News March 18, 2015

Sacramento | Reuters — Water regulators in California voted on Tuesday to outlaw watering the lawn within 48 hours of a rainstorm, the latest effort to spur Californians to conserve as the state enters its fourth year of drought. Facing a dramatic slowdown in voluntary conservation efforts by property owners, the state Water Resources Control […] Read more

Washington state’s drought declaration regions as of March 13, 2015. (Ecy.wa.gov/drought)

Crops, Reuters, Weather

Washington’s governor declares drought emergency

By GFM Network News March 13, 2015

San Francisco | Reuters –– Washington state Governor Jay Inslee declared a drought emergency across three regions including key agricultural hubs of the U.S. Northwest state on Friday, citing near-record-low snowpack levels ahead of the spring runoff. Watersheds on the Olympic Peninsula, east side of the central Cascade Mountains including Yakima and Wenatchee, and Walla […] Read more

Canola, Columns

What’s the word on the street

Home from his trip to Farm Tech in Edmonton, Brian Wittal shares his insights  from the conference hallways and his forecast for 2015 seeded canola acres 

By Brian Wittal March 5, 2015

Having just returned from the FarmTech conference in Edmonton I thought it would be a good time to pass on to you some of my insights from the sessions and networking over the three days. After taking in three different grain market outlook sessions I came away with a broad range of information from three […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters, Weather

New Zealand declares partial drought, offers farm assistance

By GFM Network News February 12, 2015

Wellington | Reuters — New Zealand has declared a drought in parts of the country’s South Island, offering financial assistance and tax relief to farmers after dry conditions have cut dairy production and increased sheep and beef slaughter rates. The government on Thursday said medium-scale drought conditions were affecting the east coast of the South […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Weather

‘River of rain’ begins falling on drought-stricken California

By GFM Network News February 6, 2015

Los Angeles | Reuters — A so-called “atmospheric river of rain” began falling on northern California on Friday, bringing worries about flash floods, high winds and mudslides but offering little relief to a state left parched by several years of drought. The storm, also known as a “Pineapple Express” because it results from a ribbon […] Read more

Columns, Crops

Thinking ahead: the next drought

After five wet years, its hard to remember that things will likely change in the future. But they will

By Les Henry February 2, 2015

Caution: before reading this piece please know that it is just thinking on paper. The objective is to plant the seed of an idea in the head of folks who are capable of making the equipment to make it all happen. Reality forces us to think in the moment. The natural human tendency is to […] Read more

Daily Network News

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Tag Archives drought

Drier bias seen on horizon for Manitoba

California orders 25 per cent reduction in water usage

Chile says drought here to stay, lays out plan to ensure water

No relief in sight for U.S. West’s drought in spring outlook

California tightens water regulations amid long drought

Washington’s governor declares drought emergency

What’s the word on the street

New Zealand declares partial drought, offers farm assistance

‘River of rain’ begins falling on drought-stricken California

Thinking ahead: the next drought

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