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The results of the actions of this butterfly are impossible to predict because the amount of detail we’d need to do so accurately is too massive to effectively gather.
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Weather modification and chaos theory

We can’t say exactly what weather will do, so good luck forcing it to do what you want

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I was asked some questions last week about weather modification. Can we do it? Is it happening? Has it been weaponized? Is this why we are seeing all this extreme weather? In this day and age, when conspiracy theories seem to spring up and run rampant, the timing of these questions could not be better.
Aerial applicator Calvin Murray says finding workers for his business 
is a nightmare.
News

Farmers say no one wants to work. Experts say that’s not the case

Producers are struggling to find workers -- and so is everyone else

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Aerial field sprayers are the fighter pilots of industry, swooping low and fast while dropping chemical armaments over fields. They’re used to avoiding obstacles including power lines, trees, buildings and vehicles. But some are facing a new challenge — getting chemical delivered to the aircraft. Calvin Murray, founder of Early Bird Air near Strathmore, Alta.,
(Glacier FarmMedia staff photo)

Quebec’s UPA hit by ransomware attack

Farm organization, affiliate bodies affected

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Quebec’s overarching farmer organization, l’Union des producteurs agricoles (UPA), has confirmed its computer systems were hit by a ransomware attack earlier this month. UPA, in a release last Thursday, said it’s working with a cybersecurity firm to analyze the nature and scope of the attack, as well as any possible solutions to securely restore its
Weekly-average Pacific Ocean surface temperature anomalies for the week centred on Aug. 3, 2022, in degrees Celsius. (CPC.ncep.noaa.gov)
Weather

La Nina conditions to continue, but odds lower into winter

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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
A lot of the pre-harvest safety checks are the same tasks you should take to prevent spoilage, says farm safety expert Robert Gobeil.
Markets

Be safe and profitable when storing grain

Best practices for safety and preventing spoilage in bins frequently cross over, says safety expert

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Glacier FarmMedia – The pre-harvest season is a good time to think about best practices around grain bin safety. Sounds like one more set of things to do on top of about a million others, right? Not necessarily, said a farm safety specialist. Those already taking action to minimize grain spoilage are also eliminating safety
Federal Ag Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (r) visits the Ag in Motion outdoor farm show near Langham, Sask. on July 20, 2022. (Greg Berg photo)
Weather

Ag ministers lock in next policy funding framework

AgriStability compensation rate to rise; new EGS program planned; some agmins decry feds' approach on fertilizer emission cuts

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The new federal-provincial ag policy funding framework due to take effect next April 1 will include a new ecological goods and services plan and a sweetened compensation rate for AgriStability. Following meetings this week in Saskatoon, federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau and her provincial and territorial counterparts on Friday mapped out the bones of their
Following safe practices while haying ditches can prevent damage and injuries.
Crops, Forages

Be aware of ditch haying dangers

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Washouts, culverts and soft spots can create risky situations

Farmers and ranchers should exercise caution when haying in ditches. Among the risks this year is excess water, says Angie Johnson, North Dakota State University Extension farm and ranch safety coordinator. “Precipitation has greatly improved the 2022 hay crop, but in some areas excessive moisture has been a challenge,” Johnson said. “The increase in surface
Staying cool and safe in the summer heat
Farmit Manitoba

Staying cool and safe in the summer heat

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As the heart of summer begins, the days will get hotter and high temperatures may cause problems for people working outdoors or indoors without air conditioning. Hot air, high humidity, sunshine and hot surfaces can raise body temperatures to dangerous levels. Add physical activity and the results can be life-threatening. Workers and employers need to
Smoke billows during a fire in an area of the Amazon rainforest near Humaita, Amazonas State, Brazil on Aug. 14, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Ueslei Marcelino)

Market value alone is selling nature short, governments told

Economic valuations needed but 'not sufficient,' co-chair says

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Reuters — What is the value of a river? Is it for the nutritional content of the fish it sustains? The economic benefit of the local livelihoods it supports? Or does the river have its own value which humans cannot measure? Such questions may seem removed from the issues the world faces, from deepening climate
Signage outside an IBEW office in Winnipeg. (File photo by Dave Bedard)
Crops

CN signals staff to return to work Wednesday

IBEW, railway to go to binding arbitration

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Signals and communications workers at Canadian National Railway (CN) are set to end their 17-day strike and return to work Wednesday morning. CN, in a statement Monday, said the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) System Council 11, which represents about 750 of the company’s employees across the country, had agreed to take its labour

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