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A drone photo from the Sampona commune of Madagascar on Feb. 11, 2022, shows Zebu cattle drinking water from a large puddle created from Cyclone Batsirai. The island nation’s south has been experiencing severe drought for the past four years, putting it in danger of what the World Food Programme calls “the world’s first climate change famine.” (Photo: Reuters/Alkis Konstantinidis)

U.N. to roll out global early-warning systems for extreme weather

By GFM Network News, Gloria Dickie March 24, 2022

London | Reuters –– With climate change fueling dangerous weather worldwide, the United Nations is pledging that early-warning weather monitoring will cover everyone on the planet in five years. “Half of humanity is already in the danger zone,” U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said earlier this week. And yet, “one-third of the world’s people, mainly in

Crops, Markets

AAFC warns of uncertainty in latest crop outlook

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin March 19, 2022

MarketsFarm — The supply/demand balance sheets for Canada’s major crops were largely left unchanged in the latest outlook Friday from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. While the March report only saw minor revisions, the government agency cautioned that “the economic outlook, for the world and Canadian grain markets, is particularly uncertain due to the Russian invasion

Crops

CP to lock out engineers, conductors starting Sunday

'Cannot prolong the uncertainty,' CEO says

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News March 17, 2022

Canadian Pacific Railway has served its unionized engineers, conductors and train and yard service staff with notice of a lockout to start just after midnight ET on Sunday, unless the company and union agree on a new labour deal by then. Calgary-based CP and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), which represents about 3,000 CP

Crops

Oil content of Canada’s canola well below average in 2021

By GFM Network News, Marketsfarm March 16, 2022

MarketsFarm — The average oil content of Canada’s canola crop came in well below normal in 2021-22, according to the final quality report for the year from the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC). The average oil content came in at only 41.3 per cent for the year, which compares with 44.1 per cent the previous year

Markets

Rate of rise in farmland value ‘surprised’ in 2021

Canada books 8.3 per cent year-over-year increase, FCC reports

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News March 15, 2022

MarketsFarm — Despite a year of economic uncertainty due to extreme weather, reduced crop yields and the COVID-19 pandemic, the value of Canadian farmland rose by its highest rate in four years, according to a report from Farm Credit Canada (FCC). FCC’s report, released Monday, revealed that the national average value of farmland increased by

Drought conditions in Canada at Feb. 28, 2022. (Map courtesy Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada)

Crops, Weather

Most of Prairies still very dry, but recovery possible

Southern Manitoba considered out of drought

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm March 12, 2022

MarketsFarm — Despite the Prairies receiving above-normal amounts of precipitation during February, the great majority of the region remained highly vulnerable to more dryness going into spring, according to the Canadian Drought Monitor. The monitor’s latest report showed those areas of the Prairies tackling extreme drought to have retracted somewhat. As of Feb. 28, that

Fall rye flowering in south-central Manitoba. (Allan Dawson photo)

Cereals, Crops, Weather

Rye in strong position going into 2022

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News March 12, 2022

MarketsFarm — Last summer’s drought sharply reduced yields of many crops across the Prairies, leaving multiple supply challenges and rising prices in the aftermath. Western Canadian rye, however, was largely left unscathed, which may bode well for the crop heading into 2022. Rye production came in at 473,000 tonnes for 2021-22, according to Statistics Canada

News, Weather

Significant snowmelt flooding likely in North Dakota, says NWS

Soil moisture and lake levels are lower than average, but snowfall has been high say U.S. and Manitoba reports

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 11, 2022

The U.S. National Weather Service is predicting a turnaround from last year’s record dry conditions, including a fairly high risk of significant flooding this spring. A March 10 report out of Grand Forks forecasts moderate risk of “significant snowmelt flooding” across U.S. portions the Red River and Devils Lake basins. That being said, the NWS

Crops, Markets

Italian ministry tells firms to source durum from Canada

By GFM Network News, Reuters March 10, 2022

Rome | Reuters — In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Italian firms can source durum wheat from Canada, the Italian industry ministry said in a statement following meetings on Wednesday with various firms and associations. The statement added that alternative suppliers for clay, iron and sunflower seeds had not yet been found. Ukraine

“We knew early on, like everyone else, that hay was going to be in lots of trouble — and was in lots of trouble — in 2021.” – David Van Deynze, MASC.

Forages, News

MASC puts hard numbers to sky-high forage claim season

The insurer saw a fivefold increase in total claim values over the 2021 season

By Alexis Stockford March 7, 2022

The Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC) saw a multimillion-dollar spike in forage claim payouts during the 2021 drought, the Crown corporation has reported. MASC reported $48.3 million in forage program indemnities for 2021, over five times higher than the previous year. MASC reported $9.2 million in indemnities in 2020. Why it matters: Higher forage insurance

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle strengthen Tuesday

Larkin to step down as Grain Growers of Canada Executive Director

Calling for bigger crops ahead of StatCan report

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