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Manitoba’s water strategy now has an action plan to go with it.

Water strategy action plan launched

The document will guide initial implementation of the provincial water strategy

By Alexis Stockford July 14, 2023

Manitobans had their first detailed look last week at how the province intends to implement the water strategy it unveiled last year. The province announced its initial water strategy action plan July 5. The 38-page document includes 72 actions and itemizes $990 million worth of funding over the next five years. Why it matters: The

Canadian Drought Monitor map as of June 30, 2023. (AAFC)

Weather

Much of Canada abnormally dry or in moderate drought

By GFM Network News, Marketsfarm July 11, 2023

MarketsFarm — In a stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans, a wide swath of Canada was contending with dryness, according to the latest report from the Canadian Drought Monitor. As of June 30, about 60 per cent of the country was abnormally dry to being in a moderate drought, with 76 per cent

File photo of a potato field in Alberta’s Lacombe County. (COrthner/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops

Alberta potatoes chip in $2.9 billion for Canadian economy

New report verifies what many in industry suspected

By GFM Network News, Jeff Melchior July 4, 2023

Alberta’s potato industry is making a big impact — not just on that province but the entire country. A new report — dubbed a “landmark study” by the Potato Growers of Alberta — revealed the sector drove a total contribution of $2.87 billion to Canada’s economy in 2022. It also notes the nationwide creation of

“There’s a tremendous amount of water taken up by the plants that ends up right back in the atmosphere as water vapour. In fact, in dryland farming, the majority of that water is just cycled right back to the atmosphere.” – Paul Bullock.

News, Weather

Rainfall 101: a refresher on how it makes or breaks your crop

Revisiting the basics of how plants use that moisture top-up

By Gord Leathers June 21, 2023

In the Prairies, spring meltwater may give emerging crops a good start, but the finish is up to the rain. “If you had your clay soils filled to their maximum water-holding capacity and then it doesn’t rain on them for the rest of the crop season, you’re going to have a crop failure,” said Paul

Farmers will have the chance to ride and drive equipment and see demos of drone technology at this year’s Ag in Motion.

News

Ag in Motion to feature expanded equipment demos, testing

The outdoor farm show will be held at Langham, Sask., July 18-20

By Glacier FarmMedia Staff June 14, 2023

Farmers demanded “real equipment doing real things” and that’s what they’ll get at this year’s Ag in Motion outdoor farm show in July. “Decisions are made in the dirt,” said show director Rob O’Connor, in a May 25 news release. “The show is held outdoors, so there is room to stage very large equipment on-site

AAFC’s Drought Monitor map as of May 31, 2023.

Weather

Drought expands across Canadian Prairies

Dry conditions push eastward in Manitoba

By GFM Network News, Marketsfarm June 13, 2023

MarketsFarm — Warm and dry conditions across much of the Prairies in May caused drought conditions to worsen, especially in Alberta, according to the latest Drought Monitor report from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. As of May 31, an estimated 79 per cent of the Prairie region was classified as abnormally dry (D0) or in moderate

RJ Sigurdson, MLA for Highwood, is sworn in on June 9, 2023 as Alberta’s minister of agriculture and irrigation. (Government of Alberta video screengrab via YouTube)

Livestock

Calgary-area MLA named Alberta’s new ag minister

RJ Sigurdson to handle ag file, Horner moves to finance

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News June 9, 2023

The Alberta government’s caucus lead on emergency medical services (EMS) reform has been promoted to handle the agriculture file in a post-election cabinet shuffle. RJ Sigurdson, MLA for the constituency of Highwood, just south of Calgary, was sworn in Friday by Lt.-Gov. Salma Lakhani as Alberta’s new minister of agriculture and irrigation, replacing Nate Horner.

A sample soil map from Manitoba Agriculture’s AgriMap website. Red texts are codes that indicate soil characteristics. Yellow contour lines represent the boundary of a particular soil type. A full explanation of codes can be found on the Manitoba Agriculture website under “Soil Survey.”

News

Making use of soil surveys

How to understand your soil from the bottom up

By Don Norman June 3, 2023

Manitoba Agriculture’s soil surveys can help producers understand and manage their farms better, say provincial soil experts. “The surveys we produce can be used for agriculture, land use planning and many other applications,” said Megan Westphal, soil survey specialist with the province’s ag department. Soil data and maps can help producers develop strategies for land

Markets

Pre-election reports analyze Alberta’s ag issues

Three reports focus on party histories, ag sector concerns, current platforms

By GFM Network News, Jonah Grignon May 27, 2023

Alberta farmers’ concerns with provincial policy, and the two major parties’ stances on those concerns, are the subjects of a three-part analysis leading up to a provincial election on Monday. The Simpson Centre for Food and Agricultural Policy, a think tank operating out of the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy, says its three

File photo of a storm cloud from the southwestern end of Lake Winnipeg at Matlock, Man. (IanChrisGraham/iStock/Getty Images Plus)

Crops, Weather

More than half of world’s large lakes drying up, study finds

Gains in Great Lakes, Lake Winnipeg come from runoff, rainfall

By GFM Network News, Gloria Dickie May 18, 2023

London | Reuters — More than half of the world’s large lakes and reservoirs have shrunk since the early 1990s, chiefly because of climate change, intensifying concerns about water for agriculture, hydropower and human consumption, a study published on Thursday found. A team of international researchers reported that some of the world’s most important freshwater

CFIA rejects beekeeper proposals on U.S. packaged bees

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures fall hard, hogs mixed

Alberta Crop Report: Scattered rains, crop conditions

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