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The receding waterline of Lake Hodges is seen in San Diego County Jan. 17, 2014, when California Governor Jerry Brown declared a drought emergency.

Considering the true cost of agricultural production systems

Externalizing the cost of production is becoming less acceptable to society

By Daryll E. Ray, Harwood D. Schaffer September 22, 2015

California is in the midst of a multi-year drought that has reduced the snowpack and rains that fill the reservoirs and irrigation canals that provide water for the cities of the state as well as agricultural production. The result is lower allocations and higher prices for all water users including agriculture. Some farmers have responded

Wheat under irrigation on Ravenshoe Station near Hay, New South Wales. (Arthur Mostead photo courtesy Murray Darling Basin Authority/MDBA.gov.au)

Crops, Weather

Drought exposes cracks in Australia’s acclaimed water market

By Colin Packham, GFM Network News September 20, 2015

Sydney | Reuters — A pioneering Australian scheme to improve the management of water in the world’s driest inhabited continent is facing its first real test as an intensifying El Nino threatens crops and builds tensions between farmers and environmentalists. The three-year old management plan for the Murray-Darling basin, an area twice the size of

Crops, Weather

Western Prairies see low yields as harvest ramps up

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News August 13, 2015

CNS Canada –– This summer’s erratic weather has taken its toll on plant development in Alberta and parts of western Saskatchewan, according to crop-watchers in those areas. “We have heard that dry conditions have caused plants (peas) to slough off or have the tillers dry off and have lost those heads,” said Barry Yaremcio at

Crops, Forages

Look to crop insurance first: Ritz

By GFM Network News, Shannon VanRaes July 23, 2015

While many crops across Western Canada are withering under intensifying drought, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz says ad hoc programs are not the answer should producers require assistance. However, tax deferral will be available for affected ranchers. “We don’t need ad hoc (assistance), we’ve got a very comprehensive system of business risk management,” said Gerry Ritz, speaking

Beef cattle

It’s prime time for anthrax, so keep a close eye on your cattle

Highly contagious, infectious soil-borne disease finds victims in grazing livestock

By Beef Cattle Research Council July 16, 2015

With high temperatures and drought, cattle and bison are at a higher risk of anthrax. Two bison deaths northwest of North Battleford, Saskatchewan have recently been confirmed as caused by anthrax, and seven others are suspected. Producers are encouraged to keep a watchful eye and to refresh their memories on what to do when anthrax

Our History

Drought stories aplenty, and the Manitoba beef stabilization plan sees change

Our History: July 1988

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff July 16, 2015

If you wanted to stay in touch between truck and combine in July 1988, MTS could help with an affordable two-way and mobile system. Drought stories dominated that month. Grain companies were bracing for a tough year, with the Prairie crop expected to be cut in half due to the driest year on record. The

Crops, Markets, Weather

Russia, Ukraine may cut grain crop forecasts as temperatures rise

By GFM Network News, Pavel Polityuk, Polina Devitt July 10, 2015

Moscow/Kiev | Reuters — Major Black Sea wheat exporters Russia and Ukraine may cut their official 2015 grain crop forecasts as recent hot weather has raised the risks to plants and rains elsewhere have delayed the harvest and dented quality, farmers and officials said. Russia and Ukraine’s agriculture ministries have said if hot weather persists

Crops, Opinion

Editorial: Agri-resilience is farmers’ best defence for managing risk

By Laura Rance-Unger July 6, 2015

No one understands risk preparedness and management better than an insurance company. The iconic insurance giant Lloyd’s laid out a stark scenario recently in a report about the potential for weather-related disasters to undermine the entire global food system. The 327-year-old insurance firm says it wouldn’t take much — just three catastrophic weather events hitting

Crops, Markets, Weather

Yields to take precedence over acres in Canada

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin June 30, 2015

CNS Canada –– Canadian farmers seeded a bit more canola and a bit less wheat than originally expected, according to updated acreage estimates from Statistics Canada, released Tuesday. However, worsening drought conditions in the western Prairies over the past month and the need for reseeding due to frost damage earlier in June mean actual yields

Crops, Markets, Weather

Questions abound ahead of StatsCan acreage report

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin June 26, 2015

CNS Canada — Statistics Canada will release its updated acreage estimates for the year on Tuesday, but the timing of the survey could lead to more questions and second-guessing than normal given the likely adjustments and yield losses over the past month. The survey was conducted before a drought took hold in Alberta and Saskatchewan,

Daily Network News

GIWA trims Western Australian crop forecasts, still predicts record harvest

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

U.S. livestock: Chicago cattle, hogs rise

Tag Archives Drought

Considering the true cost of agricultural production systems

Drought exposes cracks in Australia’s acclaimed water market

Western Prairies see low yields as harvest ramps up

Look to crop insurance first: Ritz

It’s prime time for anthrax, so keep a close eye on your cattle

Drought stories aplenty, and the Manitoba beef stabilization plan sees change

Russia, Ukraine may cut grain crop forecasts as temperatures rise

Editorial: Agri-resilience is farmers’ best defence for managing risk

Yields to take precedence over acres in Canada

Questions abound ahead of StatsCan acreage report

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