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An aerial view of parched terrace fields at Chongqing’s Fuyuan village in east-central China on Aug. 19, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Thomas Peter)

China’s farmers struggle to save crops as heatwave, drought drag on

By GFM Network News August 19, 2022

Chongqing | Reuters — As the tinder-dry countryside along China’s Yangtze river basin withers under a heatwave that has lasted more than two months, veteran farmer Chen Xiaohua recalled the last severe drought to hit his crops more than 60 years ago. “This year is drier than 1960,” said Chen, 68, from his plot of […] Read more

File photo of the bridge to Apex, an outlying area of Iqaluit. (Henry Baillie-Brown/iStock/Getty Images)

General, Reuters, Weather

Iqaluit declares state of emergency over water shortage

By GFM Network News August 13, 2022

Ottawa | Reuters — The northern Canadian city of Iqaluit declared a state of emergency on Friday after scarce rain this year left water levels in the local Apex River at a four-decade low. Iqaluit warned it may not have enough water in its reservoir to sustain its population of about 7,800 when a freeze-up […] Read more

Weekly-average Pacific Ocean surface temperature anomalies for the week centred on Aug. 3, 2022, in degrees Celsius. (CPC.ncep.noaa.gov)

General, Reuters, Weather

La Nina conditions to continue, but odds lower into winter

By Reuters, GFM Network News August 11, 2022

Reuters — Chances for La Niña are expected to gradually decrease from 86 per cent in the coming season to 60 per cent during December to February in 2022-23, a U.S. government weather forecaster said on Thursday. The La Niña weather pattern is characterized by unusually cold temperatures in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. According to […] Read more

File photo of a village in northeastern Uganda’s remote Karamoja region. (Guenterguni/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Reuters, Weather

More than 200 people die as drought ravages northeast Uganda

By Reuters, GFM Network News July 20, 2022

Kampala | Reuters — More than 200 people have died from hunger this month in northeastern Uganda, where a prolonged drought and rampant insecurity have left more than half a million facing starvation, a local official and a charity worker said. Inhabited by nomadic pastoralists, the semi-arid and remote Karamoja region on the border with […] Read more

General, Weather

Saskatchewan shores up disaster program for bigger farms

Program extends PDAP aid to higher-revenue farm businesses

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News June 22, 2022

Saskatchewan farmers whose operations took damage from storms in April, but whose gross revenues overtopped the maximum for disaster assistance, will now be able to get in on that program. The province on June 16 announced “supplemental relief” via the Provincial Disaster Assistance Program to help farmers who didn’t qualify under PDAP’s usual eligibility rules. […] Read more

File photo of cattle in a Kansas feedlot. (BeyondImages/E+/Getty Images)

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Reuters, Weather

Heat, humidity kill at least 2,000 Kansas cattle, state says

By Tom Polansek, GFM Network News June 15, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — Extreme heat and humidity killed thousands of cattle in Kansas in recent days, the state said, and sizzling temperatures continue to threaten livestock. The deaths add pain to the U.S. cattle industry as producers have reduced herds due to drought and grappled with feed costs that climbed as Russia’s invasion of […] Read more

General, Weather

Environment Canada sees cool summer for Manitoba

By GFM Network News June 1, 2022

MarketsFarm — Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan could be in for a cooler-than-normal summer, according to the latest long-range outlook from Environment Canada. The latest seasonal forecast from the government agency, released Tuesday, calls for a 40 to 80 per cent chance of below normal temperatures from June through August across all of the agricultural regions […] Read more

Pinto beans. (Vergani_Fotografia/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Pulses, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: More rainfall turns into more seeding delays

By GFM Network News May 31, 2022

MarketsFarm — After southern Manitoba had experienced ideal seeding conditions for most of the previous week, another round of rains created another round of headaches for pulse growers on Monday. “Last week, there were a few dry beans planted here in southern Manitoba. (There was) a lot of prep work being done. Things were really […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Planting progress picking up in Saskatchewan

By GFM Network News May 20, 2022

MarketsFarm — Overall spring planting across Saskatchewan reached 33 per cent complete as of Monday, according to the latest weekly crop report from Saskatchewan Agriculture. Despite the good progress over the week, that’s still 20 points behind the five-year average. When compared to the excellent progress this time last year, the gap expands to 41 […] Read more

Flea beetles in canola seedlings. (Canola Council of Canada video screengrab via YouTube)

Crops, Weather

Eastern Prairies’ wet conditions may curb insect pest risk

Late-seeded crops may germinate more quickly in warmer soils

By GFM Network News May 17, 2022

MarketsFarm — If there could be one benefit to the excessive moisture across much of southern Manitoba and the Interlake region, that would be a potentially reduced risk for insect pests, according to John Gavloski, entomologist for Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Resource Development. For example, Gavloski cited flea beetles, which could damage canola. “If [canola] […] Read more

GFM Network News

South Korea raises African Swine Fever alert after outbreak at pig farm

Klassen: Feedlots scale down cattle purchases

Wet grain, Russian attacks on railways hit Ukrainian corn exports, union says

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