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CFGB launches African drought appeal

There are 24 million people at risk and Canadians invited to help

By Cfgb Release March 17, 2016

With millions of people in southern Africa and Ethiopia facing extreme drought this year, Canadian Foodgrains Bank (CFGB) is inviting Canadians to help by making a donation to its African Drought Appeal. “We are reaching out to Canadians and asking them to please give generously,” says CFGB executive director Jim Cornelius. The prolonged drought, which

Departure from average precipitation for the period from Nov. 1, 2015 to Feb. 15, 2016. (Map courtesy AAFC)

Crops, Weather

Drought watch kept on Alberta, early spring expected

By GFM Network News, Jade Markus February 18, 2016

CNS Canada — Above-average temperatures and limited precipitation could mean parts of the Prairies will struggle with soil moisture heading into the spring, according to one specialist. “The soil moisture that we have in the ground right now is similar to what we went into the winter with,” said Trevor Hadwen, agroclimate specialist with Agriculture

Livestock, Weather

Drought-related tax deferral zones expand in West

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 2, 2016

More livestock producers in the West who had to sell breeding stock due to drought in the 2015 tax year will be able to defer some or most of that income at tax time. Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay on Tuesday announced more designated areas in all four western provinces where producers will be eligible

Pacific Ocean sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies for the week centred on Jan. 6. (CPC.ncep.noaa.gov)

Livestock, Weather

FAO seeks help for drought-ravaged Ethiopia

By GFM Network News, Reuters January 15, 2016

Rome | Reuters — Ethiopia faces its worst drought in decades, leading the United Nations’ food agency to call on Friday for an emergency cash injection of US$50 million to help the country overcome the crisis. Crop production has fallen up to 90 per cent in some regions and failed completely in the country’s east,

California’s Department of Water Resources gauges the snowpack in the Sierra Nevada mountains through manual surveys, such as this one in late December 2004. (Paul Hames photo, copyright California Department of Water Resources)

Crops, Weather

Deep snow in California mountains offers hope in drought

By GFM Network News December 31, 2015

Reuters — A cold, wet start to California’s winter has dumped nearly five feet of snow in the Sierra Nevada mountains, state water experts said Wednesday, fuelling hope that 2016 will bring enough precipitation to help offset four years of drought. Snow surveyors headed to the mountains in Phillips near Lake Tahoe on Wednesday for

Crops, News

Researcher decries loss of PFRA

The rural west needs another PFRA to help farmers adapt to climate change

By Alex Binkley December 9, 2015

The elimination of the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Agency by the Harper government has stripped western farmers of their best tool for coping with droughts and other climate change challenges, says Dave Sauchyn, a researcher at the University of Regina. The folding of the PFRA into Agriculture Canada’s bureaucracy removed the extension workers from the field

Look for a warmer winter and a warmer future, says David Phillips, Environment Canada’s senior climatologist.

News, Weather

Warmer winter, warmer future forecast for Manitoba

While climate change threatens food production in many places, it will make  Manitoba farmers even more productive, Phillips predicts

By Allan Dawson November 5, 2015

Manitobans can expect a warmer-than-normal winter due to El Niño, and a warmer-than-normal future thanks to climate change, says David Phillips, Environment Canada’s senior climatologist. In fact this El Niño, which refers to warm water that develops in the central and east-central equatorial Pacific, is a “super” one, Phillips told the Harvest Gala, a fundraising

News, Weather

U.S. winter weather to see El Niño’s influence

Northern-tier states are expected to be warmer, drier than normal

By Reuters November 4, 2015

Much of the U.S. South can expect a cooler and wetter winter, while warmer-than-usual temperatures are likely across many northern and western states, as a strong El Niño weather pattern shaped a government weather outlook issued Oct. 15. More rain and snow are likely across the nation’s southern regions, extending from central California to Texas

Crops, Weather

Drought to shrivel Ukrainian wheat harvest in 2016

By GFM Network News, Pavel Polityuk, Reuters November 2, 2015

Kiev — Severe drought across half of Ukraine has hit winter sowing and could sharply reduce the country’s 2016 wheat harvest, a senior state weather forecaster said on Monday. The drought, in which the central Dnipropetrovsk region suffered its driest autumn in 50 years, could lead to a 20 per cent year-on-year fall in the wheat

Crops, Markets, Pulses

India’s drought a bonanza for Canadian pulse growers

By GFM Network News, Rajendra Jadhav, Rod Nickel October 14, 2015

Winnipeg/Mumbai | Reuters — Prices for Canadian pulses typically ease toward the end of the year but a recent dry spell in distant India, the world’s top producer and consumer, is driving them up. Back-to-back drought years for the first time in three decades has eroded India’s output of pulses and boosted imports. Global prices

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Corn and wheat futures firm on brisk exports, softer dollar

U.S. livestock: Chicago cattle, hogs rise

Russia has surplus of peas after failing to boost exports to China, analysts say

Tag Archives Drought

CFGB launches African drought appeal

Drought watch kept on Alberta, early spring expected

Drought-related tax deferral zones expand in West

FAO seeks help for drought-ravaged Ethiopia

Deep snow in California mountains offers hope in drought

Researcher decries loss of PFRA

Warmer winter, warmer future forecast for Manitoba

U.S. winter weather to see El Niño’s influence

Drought to shrivel Ukrainian wheat harvest in 2016

India’s drought a bonanza for Canadian pulse growers

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