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Grain bin safety starts with a plan

A few key points can improve safety when you have to enter a bin

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Every year, several Canadian farmers and workers suffocate in grain bins. These deaths are preventable. People can become caught or trapped in grain bins in three different ways: Moving or flowing grain is involved in all three. When working with grain – loading it, unloading it and moving it from bin to bin – farmers
This file photo shows a rack of blood samples being tested for bovine tuberculosis in New Zealand dairy cattle. (Lakeview_Images/iStock/Getty Images)
Beef cattle, Livestock

More bovine TB cases found in Saskatchewan herd

Herd now depopulated, one separate contact herd identified

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Corrected, July 14 — Postmortem testing of a Saskatchewan cattle herd culled after turning up three confirmed cases of bovine tuberculosis (TB) has yielded six more cases. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), which is tasked with testing the infected herd, said Thursday that as of July 12, a total of eight cases of bovine
File photo of beluga whales in Hudson Bay off Churchill, Manitoba. (Lynn_Bystrom/iStock/Getty Images)
Weather

Prairie Forecast: Large Hudson Bay low dominates

Forecast issued July 12, covering July 12-19

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As the weather models correctly predicted, a large and extremely strong area of low pressure formed over Hudson Bay during the last forecast period, bringing the expected cool and unsettled weather to the eastern half of the Prairies. Over the western half of the Prairies a weak upper-level ridging brought, for the most part, sunny
Current regulations and by-the-kilometer pay discourage and penalize drivers from resting when they feel tired or stopping when road conditions are bad.
Comment, Op/Ed, Other

Comment: Semi safety needs a wider scope

A safer trucking industry is more than just driver training

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Details are still emerging about the recent collision between a bus carrying seniors and a semi in southern Manitoba. It is now clear that the truck had right of way. However, police have not yet determined cause or potential culpability. What we know for certain is that this is one of the worst road accidents
Weather Vane by Daniel Bezte
Weather, Weather Vane

June was warmer than July on average

In this month's outlook, the CFS model calls for around-average temperatures and above-average precipitation

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If you remember back to May, one of the comments about what June’s weather might be like was the possibility of instant summer. That is exactly what happened across the Prairies in June. Right from the beginning of the month, it felt like we just left spring and jumped right into the middle of summer.
Grey skies over the Alberta landscape, July 2023. (Geralyn Wichers photo)
Weather

Prairie Forecast: Big change in weather pattern

Issued July 5, covering July 5-12

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Most people have been saying that June felt like July and the weather statistics agreed. Well, if the weather models are correct, it’s looking like July will feel more like June — at least for the next forecast period. Here is the big picture before we dive into the details for each of the three
Weather Vane by Daniel Bezte
Weather, Weather Vane

Straight-line winds can be the worst thunderstorm threat

Meteorology 101: Not all, but nearly all such winds occur near a storm's leading edge

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The latest world monthly temperature rankings have come out for May. Not surprisingly, it turned out to be one of the warmest Mays on record, rated third warmest by both NASA and NOAA. The European Copernicus Climate Change Service ranked May as the second-warmest, while the Japanese meteorological agency placed May as the warmest on
Do More Agriculture executive director Megz Reynolds onstage at Canada’s Farm Show in Regina June 20.
News

Platform promises anonymous, farm-based mental health help

The AgTalk peer support platform has been unveiled by Do More Agriculture

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Farmers who tap into a new mental health service will get relatable, anonymous support for their struggles, according to the organization behind the initiative. The Do More Agriculture Foundation has launched AgTalk, a platform for those in the Canadian agriculture industry. It is a partnership between the foundation, RBC, BASF and the McCain Foundation and
Forecast probability of temperatures above, below and/or near normal for the period from July through September 2023, based on three equiprobable categories from 1991-2020 climatology. (Weather.gc.ca)
Crops, Weather

Dry, hot Canadian summer expected

Normal precip expected for Ontario, Quebec

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MarketsFarm — Warmer-than-normal temperatures are expected across all of Canada for the next three months, with average precipitation in most of the agricultural areas of the Prairies. That’s according to the latest long-range seasonal forecast from Environment Canada, released Friday. The government department calls for a 50-70 per cent chance of above-normal temperatures from July

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