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File photo of wild horses running on grasslands in Nova Scotia’s remote Sable Island National Park Reserve. (Photo by Sarah Medill/Parks Canada/Handout via Reuters)
Other, Weather

Wild horses face unruly storms as Fiona nears East Coast

Damages feared to buildings, utilities, crops

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Ottawa | Reuters — Shaggy, long-maned wild horses grazing freely on the sandy grasslands of the crescent-shaped Sable Island in the North Atlantic are expected to come under the swipe of a powerful storm forecast to hit Eastern Canada this weekend. Hurricane Fiona, tracking northward after carving a destructive path through the Dominican Republic and
A man stands inside his destroyed house in the rural zone of Cuey, in the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona, in El Seibo in the Dominican Republic on Sept. 20, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Ricardo Rojas)
Weather

Atlantic Canada on Hurricane Fiona’s path, broad impact expected

Parts of Nova Scotia more vulnerable to flooding

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Reuters — Hurricane Fiona is headed toward Eastern Canada and is expected to reach its Atlantic region by Friday in what could be a severe weather event as the storm continues to gain strength, Canadian meteorologists said Wednesday. Fiona powered up to a Category 4 storm on Wednesday, packing winds as high as 215 km/h,
Pacific Ocean sea surface temperature anomalies (in degrees Celsius) for the week centred on Sept. 14, 2022. (CPC.ncep.noaa.gov)
Weather

La Nina set to continue for third year

Other weather patterns may override temporarily

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MarketsFarm — With fall soon upon North America, there’s nothing overly unusual with the continuation of La Nina, according to Drew Lerner, president of World Weather Inc. at Overland Park, Kansas. Going into its third year, some people might think this is the third consecutive La Nina — but Lerner said it’s the same one,
File photo of chicks on a genetic map of a chicken. (Peggy Greb photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Livestock

Avian flu returns to southwestern Ontario

More cases also turn up in western provinces

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Highly pathogenic avian influenza has circled back to Ontario for the first time in four months with an outbreak in a commercial poultry flock in Oxford County. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) on Friday confirmed the outbreak at a farm in the township of Zorra, about 20 km east of London. Details on the
(Scott Bauer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Livestock

Avian flu circles back in Western Canada

All western provinces book new cases in commercial birds

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A relatively quiet summer for highly pathogenic avian influenza in Canada has turned for the worse, with outbreaks on commercial poultry farms in all four western provinces in the past week alone. Cases of high-path avian flu in domestic birds in Canada confirmed and reported by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency since Aug. 31 include:
Take the time to educate even the shortest-term employee on safety issues.
News

Make sure even short-term employees aware of safety hazards

Safety orientations are an important component in reducing workplace accidents – and a legal requirement

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Farmers need to be aware that even temporary workers are required to undergo a safety orientation, says Keystone Agricultural Producers safety consultant Morag Marjerison. “I suspect a lot of our farm owners do not know that,” she said. Safety legislation requiring orientation for new hires applies to all industries, including farms. But farmers may be unaware of those regulations,
Surgery on a horse at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine’s equine veterinary medical centre in Saskatoon. (WCVM video screengrab via YouTube)
Livestock

Saskatchewan’s livestock vet loan plan expanded to bigger centres

Urban vet clinics' work with rural producers noted

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Saskatchewan’s program to forgive provincial student loans for veterinarians and vet techs serving livestock producers at rural clinics will now also cover those doing the same work out of bigger communities. The province’s Loan Forgiveness for Veterinarians and Veterinary Technologists program was first announced in April last year, offering forgiveness of 20 per cent of
File photo of wheat south of Ethelton, Sask. on Aug. 1, 2022. (Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Weather

Prairies’ high-pressure ridge should give way by mid-month

Brisk harvest pace expected meanwhile

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MarketsFarm — While there’s not one specific cause of the hot September the Canadian Prairies has generally been having so far, Weatherlogics chief scientist Scott Kehler notes one particular shorter-term factor. “There is a fairly strong upper-level ridge of high pressure across the Prairies right now,” he explained, adding it should dissipate by mid-month. The
File photo of piglets at a hog operation in China. (KuLouKu/iStock/Getty Images)
Hogs, Livestock

Federal funding lined up for programs, planning against swine fever

Two-year package to go toward pork industry work

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The federal government is putting up an eight-figure funding wall to help prevent African swine fever from ever reaching Canada’s hog farms — and to prepare against any breach. Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau said Aug. 26 the government will provide up to $45.3 million toward a three-pronged effort to boost disease prevention and preparedness: pork
People cook food beside their damaged house following rains and floods during Pakistan’s monsoon season at Jafarabad, about 400 km north of Hyderabad, on Aug. 28, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Amer Hussain)
Crops, Markets, Weather

Produce prices spike in flood-hit Pakistan as food crisis looms

Flooding wrecks crops, hampers logistics

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Lahore | Reuters — Vegetable and fruit prices have soared in markets across Pakistan as devastating rains ruin crops and disrupt supplies, an early sign of how the worst floods in decades are creating food shortages at a time of financial crisis. Pakistan’s 220 million people are already facing rampant inflation, with consumer prices up

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