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A drone photo from the Sampona commune of Madagascar on Feb. 11, 2022, shows Zebu cattle drinking water from a large puddle created from Cyclone Batsirai. The island nation’s south has been experiencing severe drought for the past four years, putting it in danger of what the World Food Programme calls “the world’s first climate change famine.” (Photo: Reuters/Alkis Konstantinidis)

U.N. to roll out global early-warning systems for extreme weather

By GFM Network News March 24, 2022

London | Reuters –– With climate change fueling dangerous weather worldwide, the United Nations is pledging that early-warning weather monitoring will cover everyone on the planet in five years. “Half of humanity is already in the danger zone,” U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said earlier this week. And yet, “one-third of the world’s people, mainly in […] Read more

CBOT May 2022 corn (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Grain markets rangebound

Drought seen persisting for U.S.

By GFM Network News March 23, 2022

MarketsFarm — With very little in terms of major new developments from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, grain prices on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) for the week ended Tuesday were devoid of the volatility seen in previous weeks. The May corn contract traded at each side of the $7.50 per bushel mark during […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Saskatchewan pushes crop insurance deadline to mid-April

'Logistical challenges' led to extension

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News March 15, 2022

Saskatchewan farmers will get an extra couple of weeks to apply for, cancel, reinstate or change their crop insurance contracts for 2022, due to holdups in the delivery of their application packages. That deadline, originally March 31, has now been extended to April 14, provincial Ag Minister David Marit and his federal counterpart Marie-Claude Bibeau […] Read more

Drought conditions in Canada at Feb. 28, 2022. (Map courtesy Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada)

Crops, Weather

Most of Prairies still very dry, but recovery possible

Southern Manitoba considered out of drought

By GFM Network News March 12, 2022

MarketsFarm — Despite the Prairies receiving above-normal amounts of precipitation during February, the great majority of the region remained highly vulnerable to more dryness going into spring, according to the Canadian Drought Monitor. The monitor’s latest report showed those areas of the Prairies tackling extreme drought to have retracted somewhat. As of Feb. 28, that […] Read more

File photo of a Saskatchewan grid road in winter. (Daxus/iStock/Getty Images)

General, Weather

Environment Canada calls for colder-than-normal Prairie spring

By GFM Network News March 1, 2022

MarketsFarm — Colder-than-normal temperatures are in the long-range forecast across most of the Canadian Prairies, according to the latest long-range outlook from Environment Canada. The latest seasonal forecast from the government agency, released Monday, calls for a 40-50 per cent chance of below-normal temperatures from March through May for most of the three Prairie provinces, […] Read more

The iMetos 3.3 is the premier weather station from Metos Canada designed for sophisticated field monitoring and forecasting.

Equipment, Features

How IoT technology can help you make better farm decisions

A connected network of sensors, soil probes and in-field weather stations can deliver detailed data that’s accurate and up to the minute

By Mark Halsall February 24, 2022

There’s lots of talk these days around the “connected farm” and the growing slate of tools to help producers boost productivity, increase efficiencies and reduce risks on their farms. An important aspect of this technology is IoT or internet of things. IoT allows interconnected devices to measure many kinds of agronomic variables and relay this […] Read more

File photo of growing corn plants. (Peggy Greb photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Corn, Crops, Reuters, Weather

Bayer rolling out short corn variety tolerant of weather extremes

By GFM Network News February 18, 2022

Reuters — Global farm chemicals and seeds maker Bayer will launch a corn variety in the United States next year that it says will better tolerate heavy winds associated with climate change, estimating future sales in North America as high as one billion euros. The corn, which grows one-third shorter than current varieties, will be […] Read more

Accumulated precipitation in Western Canada from Nov. 1 to Feb. 15. (AAFC)

General, Weather

Expect Prairie temperatures below normal until month’s end

By GFM Network News February 17, 2022

MarketsFarm — The Prairie weather outlook for the rest of February is likely to remain below normal, according to Scott Kehler, chief scientist for Weatherlogics in Winnipeg. “[But] not as cold as it has been for most of the winter,” he added. Much of January and February have been highlighted by temperatures well below normal. […] Read more

CBOT March 2022 soybeans (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Soy, corn rise as traders watch weather

Chicago wheat futures flat

By Mark Weinraub, GFM Network News February 16, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rallied on Wednesday, rising 2.3 per cent to halt a two-day fall with the market underpinned by concerns that forecast rain may be insufficient to avert further drought damage to crops in Argentina and southern Brazil. “It is the size of the crop in South America that will […] Read more

A highly saturated area in a canola field in Manitoba’s Interlake in 2016, and a good visual of what happens when water comes in faster than it can dissipate.

Columns, Crops

Les Henry: Some facts on precipitation cycles

What goes around comes around

By Les Henry February 16, 2022

This piece deals with long-term water table records as a basis for tracing long-ago annual precipitation. I am dedicating this to the memory of Bill Meneley (1933-2000), who was responsible for establishing the observation wells, which are the basis of what I have to say. He started that work while with the Saskatchewan Research Council. […] Read more

GFM Network News

U.S. grains: Soy, corn dip on farmer selling; U.S.-China trade talks in focus

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures plunge daily limits on beef price fears

UN weather agency reviews priorities as funding falls short

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