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Farmers Have A Spot In Carbon Market Plan

By Alex Binkley August 6, 2009

Environment Minister Jim Prentice has unveiled proposals for a carbon market system in Canada and cited farmers as among the groups that could benefit. Farm groups are interested but have questions about the details. In a speech to the Economic Club of Canada, Prentice said, “Projects that could qualify for offsets span the economy, from

Weather

Oscillations And Acronyms

By Daniel Bezte April 23, 2009

In our last weather school lesson we took a look at Rossby Waves. You know, the long-term wave patterns that slowly undulate across our part of the world bringing with them much of our ever-changing weather. Yes, I did say much of our weather, as everything can’t be blamed or explained by just looking at

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Dairy Cows Belch, Farmers Cash In

By Ron Friesen April 2, 2009

“This is the gold standard model.” – CEDRIC MACLEOD Canada’s milk producers will soon have a new tool to reduce the carbon footprint of their dairy farms and perhaps make money in the process. A computer package developed in Atlantic Canada allows dairy farmers to calculate greenhouse gas emissions from their operations and estimate ways

News

Tool Measures Bad Gas

By Daniel Winters April 2, 2009

Scientists claim that in 2006, agriculture accounted for roughly nine per cent of Canada’s total greenhouse gas emissions. But just how much any particular farm produces of the bad gases, such as carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, has been difficult to determine – up until now. A new project featuring an Internet-based tool offers

News

Drought In U. S. South To Persist Through June

March 26, 2009

Drought gripping Te x a s, Ca l i f o r n i a , the Southeast and Wisconsin is expected to persist through June with “limited areas of improvement,” the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said March 19. Drought could also develop from northern Virginia to New Jersey if dry weather continues. Recent

News

Oceans, Old Trees Help Predict Indonesia Drought

March 19, 2009

Agroup of scientists are developing more accurate drought and harvest forecasts for Indonesia using tree rings, historic rice production figures and sea surface temperature data. Indonesia is one of the world’s most populous nations and a major producer of rice, cocoa, coffee and tobacco. But the country is regularly at risk of drought caused by

Weather

Issued: Monday, March 9, 2009 Covering: March 11 –March 18

By Daniel Bezte March 12, 2009

We are starting off this forecast period a little on the cold side. This cold air has arrived compliments of yet another ridge of arctic high pressure. While we may not like the cold, this area of high pressure has kept a significant winter storm to our south. March tends to be one of the

News

U. S. States Seeking Drought Relief

March 12, 2009

Texas Governor Rick Perry asked for disaster relief assistance from the federal government March 6 for drought-stricken farmers across the state. Parts of south and central Texas including the ranchlands around San Antonio and the state capitol Austin are suffering from their most severe drought on record, exacerbating the woes of the state’s cattle industry

News

California Snow Not Enough To Overcome Drought

March 12, 2009

California’s mountain snowpack was measured at 80 per cent of normal March 2 despite recent storms, far from enough to ease a prolonged drought that is forcing water rationing in cities and sharp cutbacks in irrigation supplies to farmers, state water officials said. “Although recent storms have added to the snowpack, California remains in a

Cereals, News

La Niña Might Mean Good Crop This Year

By Ron Friesen March 5, 2009

The weather outlook for the 2009 growing season: normal temperatures and precipitation for most of the Prairies. Maybe. A weakening La Nińa effect could mean stable weather over much of the North American grain belt between June and August, with good crops possible, according to Mike Tannura, an American weather analyst. Four of Canada’s five

Daily Network News

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Tag Archives Climatology

Farmers Have A Spot In Carbon Market Plan

Oscillations And Acronyms

Dairy Cows Belch, Farmers Cash In

Tool Measures Bad Gas

Drought In U. S. South To Persist Through June

Oceans, Old Trees Help Predict Indonesia Drought

Issued: Monday, March 9, 2009 Covering: March 11 –March 18

U. S. States Seeking Drought Relief

California Snow Not Enough To Overcome Drought

La Niña Might Mean Good Crop This Year

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