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Fire claims a combine in Saskatchewan during harvest in 2017.

Tinder-dry harvest elevates fire risk

Dry conditions and hot weather could elevate the chance of a costly combine fire

By Don Norman September 8, 2023

Field conditions and an early harvest have elevated the risk of combine fires. “Certainly the risk is great this year because of the dry conditions,” said Keystone Agricultural Producers farm safety consultant Morag Marjerison. “Across Canada, there have already been some combine fires this year. So it’s definitely something that they should be considering.” Why

Winnipeg, Sept. 7, 2023. (Dave Bedard photo)

Weather

Prairie Forecast: Summer trying to hang on

Issued Sept. 6, covering Sept. 6 to 13

By Daniel Bezte, GFM Network News September 7, 2023

The weather models seem to be in good agreement for this forecast period, with no strong storm systems expected to impact the Prairies, making for a fairly high-confidence forecast. This forecast period will start off with a generally west to southwesterly flow across the Prairies. A broad but weak area of low pressure is expected

Global sea surface temperature anomalies in degrees Celsius for the week centred on Aug. 30, 2023. (CPC.ncep.noaa.gov)

Weather

Rest of September to be warmer than normal for Prairies

Southern Prairies to remain drier than normal

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm September 6, 2023

MarketsFarm — As summer turns to autumn on the Canadian Prairies, the weather outlook for the rest of September is for temperatures to be warmer than normal, according to Scott Kehler, chief scientist for Weatherlogics. One of the factors in those forthcoming temperatures is the El Niño that has been developing over the last several

ICE November 2023 FCOJ with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

Orange juice prices near all-time high as storm hits Florida

Crop was already expected to be small

By GFM Network News, Marcelo Teixeira August 31, 2023

New York | Reuters — Orange juice prices at the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) rose more than three per cent on Wednesday, heading back toward an all-time high hit earlier this month, as storm Idalia slammed parts of main U.S. orange producer Florida. Contracts for frozen concentrated orange juice (FCOJ) at ICE hit a high of

Durum plants on Aug. 28, 2023 near Acadia Valley, Alta., about 160 km north of Medicine Hat, stand shorter with fewer kernels than normal due to dry conditions. (Photo courtesy Darold Niwa/Handout via Reuters)

Weather

Prairie Forecast: Mostly sunny and warm

Issued Aug. 30, covering Aug. 30 to Sept. 6

By Daniel Bezte, GFM Network News August 30, 2023

It’s a straightforward forecast for this period as the general weather pattern looks to be pretty quiet. It starts with a large area of high pressure centred over the Great Lakes with a weak area of low pressure over Alberta. The Great Lakes high will put sunny skies and warm temperatures over much of Manitoba

File photo of Diefenbaker Lake in southern Saskatchewan. (IanChrisGraham/iStock/Getty Images)

Saskatchewan ag minister to oversee water agency

Marit gets additional duties in cabinet shuffle

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News August 30, 2023

Saskatchewan’s minister of agriculture will take on added responsibility for the provincial Water Security Agency following a cabinet mini-shuffle. Premier Scott Moe on Tuesday named David Marit, MLA for the southwestern riding of Wood River since 2016 an minister for agriculture and Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corp. since 2018, as minister responsible for the WSA. In

Letters

Letters: Safeguarding our farms and communities from crime

Producers can limit their risk of being a victim of crime

By Jill Verwey August 29, 2023

We need to talk about a serious issue impacting our rural community. Theft, vandalism and safety breaches have shaken the peace of our landscapes. Your safety matters above all else, and Keystone Agricultural Producers is here to address this head-on. Farmers from all corners of Manitoba have shared their concerns with KAP and we’re standing

A climate change activist plays a violin in New York City’s Times Square as Manhattan is shrouded in haze and smoke which drifted south from wildfires in Canada, on June 7, 2023. (Photo: Reuters/Maye-E Wong)

Weather

Climate change made Quebec wildfires twice as likely, scientists say

Early snow disappearance led to earlier fires

By GFM Network News, Gloria Dickie August 22, 2023

London | Reuters — The fires that tore through the province of Quebec between May and July were made at least twice as likely by climate change, scientists said on Tuesday. Climate change, driven by the burning of fossil fuels, also made the fires as much as 50 per cent more intense, according to the

Close-up from the federal government’s initial assessment map for the livestock tax deferral provision for the 2023 tax year as of Aug. 10. (AAFC map)

Livestock, Weather

Livestock tax deferral list begins in West for 2023

AgriRecovery work 'progressing,' feds say

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News August 22, 2023

The level of drought in parts of Western Canada so far this year has given the federal government a head start in drafting its list of jurisdictions where producers can get in on the livestock tax deferral provision. Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay on Monday announced an initial list of designated regions for the provision for

Floodwaters flow into Gower Gulch near Zabriskie Point, about 190 km west of Las Vegas, in California’s Death Valley National Park on Aug. 20, 2023. The U.S. National Park Service closed the park effective that afternoon due to moderate to heavy rainfall and flash flooding from Tropical Storm Hilary. (Death Valley National Park/National Park Service video screengrab via Facebook)

Weather

Prairie Forecast Update: Southern areas may get Hilary’s leftovers

Issued Aug. 20, covering Aug. 20-23

By Daniel Bezte, GFM Network News August 21, 2023

An interesting weather pattern is currently in place across western North America with Tropical Storm Hilary taking an unusual northerly track as it comes in off the Pacific Ocean south of California. Tropical storms or hurricanes in that region normally do one of two things: they either recurve back out into the Pacific, or move

Daily Network News

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Farm safety

Tinder-dry harvest elevates fire risk

Prairie Forecast: Summer trying to hang on

Rest of September to be warmer than normal for Prairies

Orange juice prices near all-time high as storm hits Florida

Prairie Forecast: Mostly sunny and warm

Saskatchewan ag minister to oversee water agency

Letters: Safeguarding our farms and communities from crime

Climate change made Quebec wildfires twice as likely, scientists say

Livestock tax deferral list begins in West for 2023

Prairie Forecast Update: Southern areas may get Hilary’s leftovers

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