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Precipitation does little for Prairie drought relief

Most areas dryer than a year ago, drought monitor shows

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News, Marketsfarm March 11, 2024

While much of the Prairies received above-normal amounts of precipitation during the month of February, the additional moisture did little to alleviate dry conditions according to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s (AAFC) Canadian Drought Monitor (CDM).

Letters

Letters: Hog industry gets free ride on water

By John Fefchak March 6, 2024

The groundwater that supplies farms, homes, industries and cities is being depleted across the world and, in many places, faster now than in the past 40 years, according to a new study covered in a Jan. 24 article from the Winnipeg Free Press. Manitoba had its own brush with low water supply in 2021. Drought

Other, Weather

Fading El Niño to be replaced by La Niña: The Weather Network

Warmer than normal temperatures expected to continue on the Prairies

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin February 28, 2024

Fading El Niño weather patterns will be replaced by La Niña conditions heading into the summer, according to the latest seasonal forecast from The Weather Network.

Livestock

Total US cattle herd drops to lowest level since 1951 – USDA

Easing dryness could encourage ranchers to begin rebuilding beef herds

By GFM Network News, Reuters, Tom Polansek February 2, 2024

Chicago | Reuters - The total number of U.S. cattle fell to its lowest level since 1951 as of Jan. 1, in the herd's fifth consecutive year of decline, U.S. Department of Agriculture data showed on Wednesday.

Livestock

Sask. livestock drought program extended

Ten RMs added to area eligible for per-head payment, application deadline lengthened

By GFM Network News, Karen Briere January 30, 2024

Governments have expanded and extended the Canada-Saskatchewan Feed Program available to the province's livestock producers. Ten rural municipalities have been added to the area eligible for the initial $150 per head payment, and the application deadline has been extended to March 15.

File photo of the facade of the U.S. Department of Agriculture building in Washington, D.C. (Camrocker/iStock/Getty Images)

Markets

USDA attaché reports from Canada, other countries

Drought, grasshoppers among concerns cited for Canadian Prairies

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm January 29, 2024

The Global Agricultural Information Network of the United States Department of Agriculture issued a series of reports during the week ended Jan. 26. Of those, some of them could have an affect on the North American markets.

In early December, the Saskatchewan River was at its second lowest level in the past 23 years. Photo: Alex McCuaig

Livestock

Alberta expands livestock drought recovery supports

Only a narrow band of the province remains exempt from the aid program

By Geralyn Wichers, GFM Network News January 25, 2024

The 2023 Canada-Alberta Drought Livestock Assistance initiative, funded through the AgriRecovery framework by the federal and provincial governments, offers payments of up to $150 per head to livestock producers who have 15 or more animals per type of livestock, and have altered usual grazing practices for more than 21 days due to drought.

Farm auction advertisements were commonplace in early-‘80s editions of the Manitoba Co-operator.  PHOTO: FILE

Features, News

In the shadow of the ’80s

HISTORY | Did the ‘80s sabotage efforts to keep rural areas vibrant?

By Geralyn Wichers January 18, 2024

Editor’s note: This is part four of a series on the Rural STEP program and the ongoing conundrum of rural depopulation. Read part one, part two and part three. It’s 1984. The trial of an 18-year-old farm boy from Minnesota makes the pages of the New York Times. Steven Todd Jenkins is accused of working

Weather

Western Canada’s dry winter heralds worsening drought for 2024

Oil and gas, hydro, forestry, sports affected alongside agriculture

By GFM Network News, Nia Williams, Reuters, Rod Nickel January 16, 2024

Canada's abnormally dry winter is worsening drought conditions across the western provinces, where most of the country's oil, gas, forest products and grain are produced.

Brazil’s soybean harvest kicks off with low yields in Mato Grosso

Crops suffered from lack of humidity; now rains are hampering harvest in some areas

By Ana Mano, GFM Network News, Reuters January 8, 2024

Brazilian soybean farmers have begun to reap their 2023/24 soybean crop, covering some 0.6 per cent of the national planted area as of last Thursday, agribusiness consultancy AgRural said on Monday.

Daily Network News

CBOT Weekly: Prices to continue higher

Prairie forecast: Warmer temperatures but east Prairies still cool

ADM to pay $40 million in U.S. SEC settlement, avoids criminal charges

Tag Archives Drought

Precipitation does little for Prairie drought relief

Letters: Hog industry gets free ride on water

Fading El Niño to be replaced by La Niña: The Weather Network

Total US cattle herd drops to lowest level since 1951 – USDA

Sask. livestock drought program extended

USDA attaché reports from Canada, other countries

Alberta expands livestock drought recovery supports

In the shadow of the ’80s

Western Canada’s dry winter heralds worsening drought for 2024

Brazil’s soybean harvest kicks off with low yields in Mato Grosso

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