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A wetter and drier world awaits Prairie farmers
Both are true, as warming supercharges the water cycle
The global forces that shaped 2024 grain markets
Will the same factors hold true as 2025 takes the stage?
From the ongoing war to Ukraine to an incoming second Trump administration, tensions with China, labour disputes, low water challenges and more: here are the biggest global forces tugging on the markets as farmers look to 2025.
Return of US drought delays cattle-herd rebuilding, hurting Tyson Foods
The return of drought in U.S. cattle-producing areas is delaying ranchers' plans to expand production after the nation's herd shrank to its smallest level in seven decades, farmers and analysts said.
River level at Amazon rainforest port hits 122-year low amid drought
Grain exports and essential supplies affected
The river port in the Amazon rainforest's largest city of Manaus on Friday hit its lowest level since 1902, as a drought drains waterways and snarls transport of grain exports and essential supplies that are the region's lifeline.
Will Manitoba’s shrinking beef footprint turn around?
Cattle prices are high, but herd numbers show little indication that producers are looking to build back their herds
Cattle prices are high, but herd numbers (both in Manitoba and nationally) show little indication that producers are looking to rebuild their herds.
Argentine farmers abandon some wheat fields, hope for rain
Argentine farmers have begun abandoning some wheat fields due to an extended lack of rainfall in certain parts of its agricultural heartland, the Buenos Aires grains exchange said in a weekly report on Thursday.
Drought dominates Ukrainian winter grain sowing fields, forecasters say
Kyiv | Reuters – Ukrainian farmers have started sowing winter grain crops for the 2025 harvest, but the availability of moisture in the soil in most regions of Ukraine is extremely low, state weather forecasters said on Wednesday. In recent years, Ukraine has often experienced a lack of soil moisture during autumn sowing, but farmers
Beef experts share lessons learned from three years of drought
Prairie beef farmers were forced to find new feed sources, learn new processes and make difficult decisions in managing their feed inventories in the past few years.
Prairie drought conditions improve in June: AAFC
Above-normal precipitation and cooler temperatures helped drought conditions improve across most of the Canadian Prairies in June, according to the latest drought monitor report from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada showing conditions as of June 30.
Canadian drought conditions improve: AAFC
Shifting weather patterns helped drought conditions significantly improve across much of Canada in May, with the most significant improvements seen through the southern Prairies where an upper-level low provided cooler and unsettled conditions bringing well above-normal precipitation, according to the latest drought monitor report from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada showing conditions as of May 31.
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