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China hit by rare convergence of rainfall, heat waves and a tornado

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China was hit the week of June 12 by a rare convergence of record rainfall, heat waves, and a tornado in the southern mega-city of Guangzhou, displacing millions of people, damaging properties and swamping farmland, with more storms and floods on the way at press time. Southern China is expected to see torrential rain until
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High wind speeds are the latest issue Manitoba farmers are facing

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Manitoba crops are facing one of their toughest springs yet, and the latest challenge has been extreme wind. With speeds approaching 80 kilometres an hour in some locations, farmers fear their tender crops may face damage from fierce winds. After a late spring, excess moisture and other challenges, it’s not what they needed to see.
Weather Vane by Daniel Bezte
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Humidity among deadliest of severe summer weather

Some subtropical regions may soon become uninhabitable for people

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I know at the end of my previous article that I said we would resume our look at severe summer weather by continuing our look at thunderstorms and why some of them produce extreme wind gusts, hail, and sometimes tornadoes. While the cool spring put a damper on thunderstorms, the building summer heat and an
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Drought threatens northern Italy’s crops

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Reuters – Northern Italian regions risk losing up to half their agricultural output due to a drought, a farm lobby says as lakes and rivers across much of Italy start to run dangerously low, jeopardizing irrigation. The federation of Italian utility companies, Utilitalia, warned this week that the country’s longest river, the Po, was experiencing
Bruce Campbell speaks at the grand opening of the Bruce D. Campbell Farm and Food Discovery Centre on September 16, 2011.
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Bruce D. Campbell leaves lasting agriculture legacy

Passages: Landmark Feeds owner turned efforts to philanthropic work after sale of business

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Bruce D. Campbell was a successful agriculture entrepreneur. But following his death last month, he’s being just as widely remembered for his philanthropic work later in life. Campbell grew up on his family’s farm in Chater, Manitoba, just west of Brandon. He was born on June 25, 1936 to Duncan and Kathleen Campbell. After finishing
A new provincial fund promises to help train staff, provide expert support, and meet other wide-ranging needs without cutting into project funds.
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New provincial trust to help build watershed districts’ capacity

The $2.5 million-fund means better staff training without tapping project funds

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A new provincial trust will mean training staff to better help landowners without having to dip into project funding, says a watershed district manager. “It means we don’t have to… rob our project dollars to be able to deliver them more effectively,” said Justin Reid, manager of the Redboine Watershed District. “We’re able to put
A field near the Abas family farm had been seeded to oats hours before it flooded.
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Flash flooding hits Fisher Branch farms

Floods, seeding deadlines bring an end to seeding in many fields

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[UPDATED: June 27, 2022] Farmers near Fisher Branch found fields and roads under water after the area got more than seven inches of rain on Tuesday, June 21. “It’s definitely what you’d call a flash flood,” said Jamal Abas, whose family farms north of Fisher Branch at Hodgson. Environment Canada data shows 187 mm (over
Weather Vane by Daniel Bezte
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Weather: More unsettled skies ahead

Forecast issued June 17, covering the period from June 22 to 29, 2022

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With the unsettled pattern continuing to persist across our region, last week’s forecast did not do too bad of a job. We did see temperatures moderate into the low to mid-20s. The strong area of low pressure did develop to our west last weekend, which allowed warmer-than-expected air to push northward — then more unsettled
A damaged car is seen in the aftermath of a tornado at Forada, Minnesota, about 170 km southeast of Fargo, on May 31.
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Understanding severe thunderstorms

Thunderstorms can rotate when the wind changes direction with altitude

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Fortunately, I do not have to write another article about rain. While some regions are still dealing with flooded land, the dry weather has allowed a number of farmers to finally get onto their fields to seed. I sometimes take my two gardens as a predictor of what is happening out there. One garden is

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