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Stephen Poloz, an economist and former governor of the Bank of Canada, speaks during CropConnect in Winnipeg on February 15.
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Forecasting future little use in turbulent era: Poloz

The convergence of five ‘tectonic’ economic forces likely to create more and bigger financial shocks than usual

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In upcoming turbulent times, forecasting the future will lose value, a former Bank of Canada governor told a CropConnect audience. Instead, preparing for multiple scenarios will be key for business risk management. Economists will be “wallowing around in an incredible amount of uncertainty,” said Stephen Poloz. Why it matters: Economic volatility will make forward planning
The NFU “calling for change” that would disadvantage farmers is strange.
Comment, Op/Ed, Other

Comment: NFU stance on business risk management programs mystifying

Why would a farm group dedicated to farmers support a report undermining farmers?

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POLICY Why would a farm group dedicated to farmers support a report undermining farmers?

The National Farmers Union (NFU) has a long and proud history of supporting the pillars of Canadian farm policy. The NFU has over the years supported good public policy such as crop insurance, the Crow Rate, orderly marketing, supply management, the Canadian Wheat Board, public plant breeding, and the PFRA, which included the tree nursery
Snow is a fundamental driver of our natural world, but its ecological implications have not been studied as much as you’d think.
Farmit Manitoba, Other

Winter wildlife winners and losers

Nature: Some of our forest creatures are amazingly adapted, while others just scrape by

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Some critters are just made for winter, while others can’t wait for spring. In the dead of winter, we may think that local wildlife are toughing it out, pining for the longer, warmer days of spring. While that is true for some, many of our native species are doing just fine. My early university studies
Weather Vane by Daniel Bezte
Other, Weather, Weather Vane

Beginning our look at Earth’s energy budget

Our planet is actually closest to the sun in early January

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With the quiet and almost perfect winter weather we have been receiving over the last month and a half (ignoring the one week of cold weather), there is just not much new and exciting on the weather front. That means we can get back to our Meteorology 101 course — back to school, everyone! In our first class we
Arctic warming has led to greater weather variability in recent years, says a retired professor and agrometeorology specialist.
News, Other, Weather

Why is our weather more volatile?

A close look at the jet stream can explain our recent ups-and-downs

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If you want to understand why the weather has become so volatile, you’ll need to look up — way up to the Arctic. Paul Bullock, a retired professor and agrometeorology specialist from the University of Manitoba told the CropConnect conference in Winnipeg that it all starts with polar sea ice. Climate change is causing the
A U.S. forestry agency is looking at ways to increase its replanting and seed procurement capacity.
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U.S. native seed shortage hinders land restoration

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Reuters – The United States is facing a shortage of the native seeds it uses to restore natural habitats damaged by wildfire and other weather events made worse by climate change, according to a report released recently by the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Extreme weather events, especially wildfires, are causing more
Migrant workers are often unable to refuse unsafe work and are reluctant to raise health concerns or report situations of abuse.
Comment, Op/Ed, Other

Comment: Migrant farmworker issues must be addressed

Even under new rules, workers are powerless and bad employers can exploit that, say educators

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The government of Canada recently amended the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations to include new employer obligations. These amendments are intended to enhance protections for migrant workers and ensure the integrity of the government’s temporary foreign worker program. While a step in the right direction, the changes side-step the root issues that make temporary foreign
Weather Vane by Daniel Bezte
Other, Weather, Weather Vane

Weather: Seasonably mild with little snow expected

Forecast issued Feb. 3, 2023, covering the period from Feb. 8 to Feb. 15, 2023

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Last week’s forecast was a bit of mixed bag, accuracy-wise. Lucky for us the forecast turned out better than expected. We did see cold air move in during the first half of the forecast period, with some of the coldest air of the winter dropping temperatures into the mid-minus-30s last Friday morning. The expected Alberta
Birds settle in the birdhouse on Linda Maendel’s property this spring.
Farmit Manitoba, Other

Summer of the swallows

The ups and downs of bird watching, from nest to fledgling

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In our front yard, there is an old barn. It’s a little smaller than its full-scale cousins that still smatter Manitoba’s landscape. This one is in a tree. Small changes to a long-abandoned birdhouse was all it took to attract new feathered residents. A remnant of a school project from bygone years, the barn’s red
Weather Vane by Daniel Bezte
Other, Weather, Weather Vane

Understanding weather: back to the basics

Electromagnetic energy crosses the vacuum of space to become heat here on Earth

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By the time you read this it will be February, time for the first monthly weather review of 2023, but I find myself a little stuck. As I write this, there are still five days left in January and with a cold snap settling into our region, I cannot do a monthly review with that

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