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Different materials can be used to cover hay, but properly secured black plastic works well particularly because snow slides off easily.
Cattleman’s Corner, Hay

Tips for protecting hay quality over winter

Research shows single bale rows are better than a pyramid stack

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Several methods can help preserve feed quality and reduce moisture damage in your winter hay supply. Warren Rusche, feedlot and beef management specialist with South Dakota State University, says the ideal way to store hay is under cover in a shed, but this works best for square bales. It’s usually not practical for round bales […] Read more
File photo of a field pea crop in western New South Wales, Australia. (Alfio Manciagli/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Australia’s winter pulse production mixed

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MarketsFarm — Australia’s 2022 winter pulse crop will see its ups and downs, according to a quarterly crop report released Tuesday by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES). Chickpeas saw the largest projected production decline, dropping 41.5 per cent from the 2021-22 marketing year to 621,000 tonnes this year, Australia’s […] Read more
Pacific sea surface temperature anomalies in degrees Celsius for the week centred on Dec. 29, 2021. (CPC.ncep.noaa.gov)
General, Weather

La Niña introduces itself with Prairie cold snap

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MarketsFarm — The frigid conditions which had enveloped the Prairie provinces in recent weeks is a sign La Niña has come again, according to a Kansas-based meteorologist. Since mid-December, the Prairies have been in a deep freeze beginning with temperatures at least 10 C below-normal. Since the holiday season, many towns and cities in the […] Read more
Even a cutter ride was a bit of a novelty in 1969, as long-time neighbour Edith Whittaker hitched up her horse on this March day to pay a visit to my grandparents.
Columns, Hart Attacks

Is it over yet? Winter. I’m talking about winter

A bit of electricity and wood heat kept everything comfortable at 30 below

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As we were just coming through a serious deep freeze in Calgary as I write this column for the March 2 issue of Grainews, it made me think about some of the winters as a kid growing up on the farm in eastern Ontario. As I recall through the later 1950s and ’60s, we always […] Read more
Forecast probability of above-normal precipitation for the period from December 2020 through February 2021. (Environment Canada)
General, Weather

Seasonal forecast calls for more snow

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MarketsFarm — Most of Canada should see above-normal snowfall over the next three months, according to updated seasonal forecasts released Monday from Environment Canada. Weather maps show a 40 to 60 per cent probability of more precipitation than normal across much of the country from December through February, with the heaviest accumulations expected in Quebec. […] Read more
(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
Barley, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Feedlots booking for winter underpin bids

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MarketsFarm — Feed grain prices have been strong following Western Canada’s harvest, as feedlots ensure they’re covered heading into the winter. “Last week there was some buying in the deferred months, from January onward,” Allen Pirness of Market Place Commodities at Lacombe, Alta. said. Pirness said the strong prices were unexpected, noting that when prices […] Read more
Sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies over the southern Pacific for the week centred on Sept, 30, 2020. (CPC.ncep.noaa.gov)
General, Weather

La Nina to bring colder, drier winter

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MarketsFarm — There’s a La Nina poised to exert influence on the coming North American winter, according to Drew Lerner, senior agricultural meteorologist for World Weather Inc. in Kansas. A La Nina generates colder-than-normal temperatures, as opposed to the warm temperatures garnered from an El Nino. Both weather phenomenon can be found over the Pacific […] Read more
Chickpeas in India. (Nikhil Patil/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets, Pulses, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: Conditions optimal for India’s winter crops

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MarketsFarm — Cold weather in key growing regions of India could indicate high production levels for winter pulse crops. Heavy showers and colder temperatures in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh created “ideal conditions” for winter-sown pulses, according to India’s agriculture commissioner SK Malhotra. Malhotra explained that the output of the winter-grown pulse crops will likely […] Read more
A submerged bridge over the Red River in 2011. (IanChrisGraham/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Weather

Manitoba farmers unfazed by flood reports

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MarketsFarm — As experts forecast a spring flood to hit southern Manitoba, farmers in the Red River Valley won’t be caught off guard. Manitoba’s Emergency Measures Organization held flood preparedness seminars in Morris, Brandon, and Selkirk throughout the week of March 11. Topics covered included the forecast, flood outlook, preparedness and response and disaster financial […] Read more

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