Daily Network News

More News →

Other

red river
Farmit Manitoba, Other

South-central municipalities, cities fighting to keep water flowing

By

WORRIES | Struggling dairy farmers not out of water yet, but are being careful, digging new wells, says Dairy Farmers of Manitoba

The water co-op that supplies some water to houses, hospitals, businesses and farms in Morden, Winkler, Altona, Carman and many other south-central communities has been forced to install temporary water intakes in the Red River after water levels fell too low to reliably reach its system. “For us, our life is turned right upside down
This issue’s map shows the amount of precipitation that fell during August (or more precisely, in the last 30 days ending Sept. 2), as a percentage of average. It was a wet month across a good portion of both Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Western Manitoba, northeastward into the northern Interlake and south-central Saskatchewan, were the wettest areas, with amounts more than doubling their long-term averages.
Other, Weather

Weather: Plenty of chances for rain remain

FORECAST | Issued Sept. 3, 2021, covering the period from Sept. 8 to 15, 2021

By
Last week’s forecast played out fairly close to what the weather models predicted. We saw unsettled weather early in the period, with a return to sunshine over the long weekend. It did miss the odd shower over the weekend but was spot on with the temperatures. The weather models then called for an area of low pressure to move in
The 2022 Chevrolet Silverado ZR2. (Media.chevrolet.com)
Other

GM’s pickup money machine gets a technology tuneup

Silverado ZR2 to appeal to extreme off-roading segment

By
Detroit | Reuters — General Motors will give its best-selling Chevrolet Silverado large pickup truck models a makeover next spring to fix competitive shortcomings that have left Chevy in third place in one of the most lucrative vehicle market segments in the world. Catching up with rival trucks from Stellantis NV and Ford Motor Co.,
Bull riders struggled to stay aboard their full eight seconds in the arena, which had been turned to mud by a day of rain.
Farmit Manitoba, Other

PHOTOS: Rodeo and rain stage a comeback

Grunthal hosted its first rodeo since the pandemic cancelled events in 2020

By
Two things that have been rare all summer returned to Grunthal in August: rodeo and rain. The small town in southeastern Manitoba usually hosts three rodeos per year — a spring rodeo, a fall rodeo during its Hanover Ag Fair, and a high school rodeo. All three were cancelled in 2020 due to the pandemic.
brandon flooding
Other, Weather

Precipitation deficits: Province’s western regions not as dry

Is the Brandon region in a surplus — and if so, has it helped?

By
By the time you are reading this it will be September, but I have to write this almost a week in advance, so you will have to wait another week for the monthly weather roundup, overall summer weather review, who did the best job predicting this summer’s weather and the look ahead to see what
GM’s CAMI assembly plant at Ingersoll, Ont. (GM.ca)
Other

GM to cut North American production, citing chip shortage

Both GM, Ford cutting truck production

By
Washington | Reuters — General Motors will reduce production at most North American assembly plants this month because of the ongoing semiconductor chip shortage, hitting its profitable truck and sport utility vehicles, it said Thursday. The largest U.S. automaker will halt production next week at its Fort Wayne plant in Indiana and its Silao plant
Editor’s Take: On vaccine efficacy
Editorial, Op/Ed, Other

Editor’s Take: On vaccine efficacy

By
One of the key metrics that crop protection products are evaluated on is one known as ‘efficacy.’ You’re quite right if you think that’s a $5 word for ‘effectiveness.’ Whether or not a crop protection product does what it says it will do is a critical part of its evaluation by federal regulators. If it
Weather Vane by Daniel Bezte
Other, Weather, Weather Vane

Weather: Nice long weekend expected

Forecast covering the period from September 1 to 8

By
We saw the expected unsettled weather from our previous forecast, and in fact, the two areas of low pressure ended up being much stronger and slower moving than the models predicted, resulting in a longer period of cooler temperatures. Cooler summer temperatures usually mean daytime clouds — something most regions dealt with during a good part of last week.
Climate fund a step toward farm-government partnership: CFA
News, Other

Climate fund a step toward farm-government partnership: CFA

The fund, which opened for proposals August 12, will support farmers to adopt new best management practices

By
A federal On-Farm Climate Action Fund is a step towards a government that is willing to listen to and partner with farmers, says the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA). “It’s a great start. It truly is. It’s something that we’ve been asking for, for a long time,” said Keith Currie, first vice-president of the CFA.
Musician and rancher Corb Lund says it doesn’t make sense to destroy a beautiful landscape for something that is already being produced in abundance elsewhere.
Farmit Manitoba, News, Other

Canadian country music star spurs unlikely coalition against coal

Corb Lund says the region where he grew up ranching has brought a lot of people together to defend it

By
Thomson Reuters – With hits like the “Roughest Neck Around” that celebrate oil workers, Canadian country rocker Corb Lund might not be an obvious choice as a campaigner against fossil fuel expansion. But the music star has taken on an unexpected new role, as a leader of efforts to stop new open-pit coal mines in

AgCanadaTV

AgCanadaTV: In case you missed it; your national ag news recap for Feb. 27, 2026

Sponsored by:
More Videos →

Cyber-Savvy Farmer

Glacier Farmmedia Podcast

Latest Market News

More Market News →