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The Paris Agreement seeks to phase out greenhouse gas emissions this century. Photo: Thinkstock

Ignoring Trump, UN talks seek to turn climate pledges into action

By GFM Network News November 7, 2016

Morocco/Reuters – Almost 200 nations began work on Monday to turn promises for fighting climate change into action at a UN conference that played down threats to a 2015 global agreement if Republican Donald Trump wins the U.S. presidency. At the start of two-week talks in Morocco, many delegates wore badges with a smiling picture […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Weather, Winter Wheat

Winter cereal acres unclear due to wet conditions

By GFM Network News November 7, 2016

Commodity News Service Canada/Winnipeg – Variable conditions across Manitoba and Saskatchewan have made it difficult to estimate winter cereal acreage, the head of an industry group says. But crops that are in the ground have seen mostly favourable weather. Jake Davidson, executive director of Winter Cereals Canada Inc., said he’s waiting for data from Statistics […] Read more

A portion of a melting glacier calves off into the ocean. Photo: Thinkstock

Reuters, Weather

Arctic sea ice retreat pinned to individuals’ emissions-study

By GFM Network News November 7, 2016

Morocco/Reuters – Drive your car 4,000 km and its greenhouse gas emissions will melt three square metres (32 square feet) of ice on the Arctic Ocean, according to a new study that found a direct link between carbon dioxide and the shrinking ice. Examining long-term trends for ice floating on the ocean since the 1950s, […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Guenther: Sask. canola, wheat crops still stranded

Spring harvest likely for some Prairie farmers

By Lisa Guenther November 4, 2016

In north-western Saskatchewan, farmers are crossing their fingers that warm weather will hold long enough for them to get the last of their crops in the bin. There’s “more than enough” canola and wheat in the fields in the Glaslyn area, says Dave Shepherd, location manager at AgriTeam. Shepherd estimates that 30 per cent of […] Read more

Brown mustard. (Peggy Greb photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Markets, Weather

Mustard prices hang tough despite wet weather

By GFM Network News November 2, 2016

CNS Canada — Cold, wet weather that has downgraded the quality of some of Canada’s staple crops isn’t having the same effect on mustard, according to two experts on the specialty crop. While much of this year’s harvest is already over, a significant number of acres remains in Saskatchewan and Alberta, said Walter Dyck of […] Read more

Crops, Weather

FCC offers to bend terms for soaked Prairie growers

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News November 1, 2016

Canada’s federal farm lender says it will be flexible with qualifying Prairie crop growers facing financial trouble from a rain-soaked harvest season. Areas of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba have experienced “significant levels of rain in the last half of the growing season and snow since the beginning of October,” Farm Credit Canada said in a […] Read more

Crops, News, Weather

Wet soil makes for slow process, rain, snow lodge standing crops

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending October 24

By Saskatchewan Agriculture October 27, 2016

Continued wet weather has resulted in very little harvest progress since the beginning of October. Eighty-two per cent of the 2016 crop has been combined, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report. The five-year (2011-2015) average for this time of year is 99 per cent combined. Many producers were out testing the crop, however only […] Read more

(Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Canola, Crops, Weather

Damp, tough canola at risk for spoilage

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News October 21, 2016

Some Prairie canola growers may now be able to get back to their unharvested canola, but the Canola Council of Canada warns that tough or damp canola can still be volatile, even at cooler outdoor temperatures. The Saskatchewan agriculture ministry on Wednesday reported “a few” growers in the province’s southeast were out harvesting canola last […] Read more

Crops, Grapes, Reuters, Weather

World wine output seen at four-year low

By Reuters, GFM Network News October 21, 2016

Paris | Reuters –– Worldwide wine production is expected to fall this year to its lowest since 2012, chiefly due to adverse weather that sharply cut output in France and South America, wine body OIV estimated on Thursday. Global wine output is set to decrease by five per cent compared with last year to 259.5 […] Read more

Crops, News, Weather

Rain, snow, cool temps continue to delay harvest

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending October 17

By Saskatchewan Agriculture October 20, 2016

Wet and cool weather continues to delay harvest. Frequent rain and snow, along with cool temperatures have stalled harvest for almost three weeks. Eighty-one per cent of the 2016 crop is combined and 15 per cent is swathed or ready to straight-cut, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report. The five-year (2011-2015) average for this […] Read more

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Ignoring Trump, UN talks seek to turn climate pledges into action

Winter cereal acres unclear due to wet conditions

Arctic sea ice retreat pinned to individuals’ emissions-study

Guenther: Sask. canola, wheat crops still stranded

Mustard prices hang tough despite wet weather

FCC offers to bend terms for soaked Prairie growers

Wet soil makes for slow process, rain, snow lodge standing crops

Damp, tough canola at risk for spoilage

World wine output seen at four-year low

Rain, snow, cool temps continue to delay harvest

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