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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)
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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,
The large spinous processes arising from each of the individual equine thoracic vertebrae can act like long lever arms when a sideways pull is placed on a heavily weighted stirrup as a rider mounts, thus twisting the horse’s spine, back and saddle.
Livestock

The value of a mounting block

Horse Health: Discomfort from mounting more common cause of issues than a horse with ‘bad manners’

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The behaviour of the horse at the time a rider mounts the horse is rich with information regarding how the horse physically, mentally and emotionally feels about the experience. If one can read the horse, information gleaned from that moment demonstrates the horse’s mental state and physical response to being mounted as well as portrays the horse’s emotional state about being
Horses are hardwired to buck, but sometimes this behaviour becomes a real problem.
Columns, Livestock

Working with a bucking horse

Horse Health: There’s almost always a root cause for this behaviour that must be addressed first

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The non-professional bucking horse is a conundrum to the equestrian community and there is limited information on how bucking behaviour can best be investigated. Simply correcting the behaviour with assertive training methods, without understanding the root cause for the bucking, has limited success in preventing this unwanted and potentially dangerous activity. In fact, all horses
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
Bodee Klassen (riding Wayway), tries his hand against the clock at the Miami Fair and Rodeo June 25.
Farmit Manitoba

VIDEO: Back in the saddle: The return of the small-town fair

Ag societies across the province are breathing a sigh of relief with the return of their flagship fairs, rodeos and livestock shows

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The atmosphere at the fairgrounds in Miami, Man., June 25 was familiar to any rural kid — but it’s been in short supply for the last two years. In front of the community hall, overflow parking spilled onto the grass. Livestock trailers dominated the back half of the grounds. Off to the side, a woman
Horses bothered by constant itching can become highly irritable, fatigued and even develop gastric ulcers.
Livestock

The seasonally ‘itchy’ horse

Horse Health: It’s not just humans that suffer through allergy season

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There is an increased occurrence of the itchy horse during the spring and summer months, which is associated with seasonal allergies. While there is no published data on the number of allergies in horses, it would appear that their numbers are rising and parallel similar findings in humans and dogs. The most obvious symptom of
When healthy, the mass of the frog dominates the back half of the hoof. Its prominence and presence is substantial.
Livestock

Forging the frog of the equine foot

Horse Health: This structure must be nurtured naturally for horse health

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So much detriment comes to the horse when their feet are not comfortable. The robust development and expression of the back half of the horse’s hoof and by association, the frog, plays a major role in cushioning a comfortable landing of the equine foot. The weak or “sick” frog has become so common amongst the
(Baxter Black video screen grab via YouTube)
Livestock

U.S. cowboy poet and veterinarian Baxter Black, 77

Black appeared on Carson, NPR and in Grainews

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U.S. cowboy poet, storyteller and veterinarian Baxter Black, whose work was a fixture for years in farm journals including Grainews, died Friday at age 77, his family reported. Born in New York in 1945, Black grew up in southern New Mexico and graduated from Colorado State University in 1969. He later relocated from Colorado to
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Ontario ag minister returns in another Tory majority

Lisa Thompson retains seat in election

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Ontario’s governing Progressive Conservatives will head back to the legislature with their incumbent agriculture minister at the caucus table. Lisa Thompson, Premier Doug Ford’s minister of agriculture, food and rural affairs since June last year, easily held her southwestern riding of Huron-Bruce in Thursday’s provincial election by a spread of 15,594 votes over Liberal challenger

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