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Farming The Weather

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Once more, the fickle Manitoba winter unleashed its fury last week, leaving closed highways and schools in its wake. For the uninitiated, it was hell frozen over. For the hardy Manitoban, it was a good day to zip up the coat. The tractor still had to start, the chores still needed doing, and every doorway
Livestock, News

New Plan To Help Kenyan Pastoralists

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“If it’s successful we will look further afield, in western Africa around the Sahel and southern Asia.” Herders of cows or camels in arid northern Kenya can obtain a new type of insurance against drought – the first of its kind in Africa using satellites to gauge rainfall. Project organizers hope to get about 1,000
Cereals, News

Whither The Prairie Climate?

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“The evidence is pretty clear to my mind that global warming is underway, and greenhouse gas emissions are causing some changes in the climate.” – BRUCE BURNETT, CWB Adapting to climate change will be tough, that’s for sure. It might be easier if Prairie farmers knew exactly what to plan for, but one thing is
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East Africa Seen Needing Billion-Dollar Food Fund

The United Nations’ emergency food aid agency needs US$1 billion to feed 20 million people in east Africa over the next six months, it said Nov. 18. Around half of that money is needed for Ethiopia alone, Ramiro Lopes da Silva, director of emergencies at the World Food Program, said on the sidelines of a
Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Signals Point To “Weak” El Niño Pattern

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“If we were to switch over to an El Nińo, one would expect an end of the drought in Argentina.” – ANNE FRICK Indications of an El Nińo weather pattern have stalled after building for several months, and that’s generally good news for grain crops in Australia and South Africa, experts said. But scientists expect
Crops, Opinion, Pulses

Touring The Drought Zone

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This will not go down in history as one of the big drought years in Saskatchewan. When everything is tallied, 2009 will not rival years such as 1988 and 2002 for crop-related drought losses. In early July, the drought conditions in west-central and northwest Saskatchewan were steadily worsening. Farm group leaders and opposition politicians were
Opinion

Multi-Purpose Flood Protection: A Rural-Urban Win-Win

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We ignore the lessons of the 2009 Red River flood at our peril. It reveals another reason why urban taxpayers should take an interest in what happens on the rural landscape. Well-managed agriculture can help keep basements dry, tax bills lower and give us an edge in adapting to climate change. Agricultural water management has
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Drought In U. S. South To Persist Through June

Drought gripping Te x a s, Ca l i f o r n i a , the Southeast and Wisconsin is expected to persist through June with “limited areas of improvement,” the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said March 19. Drought could also develop from northern Virginia to New Jersey if dry weather continues. Recent
Livestock

Australian Drought Continues

Drought in Australia’s main food-growing region of the Murray-Darling River system continues, with water stores near record lows despite recent rains, the head of the government’s oversight body for the system said Feb. 4. The long-running drought has hit irrigated crops such as rice, grapes and horticulture hardest, but has had less impact on wheat
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Oceans, Old Trees Help Predict Indonesia Drought

Agroup of scientists are developing more accurate drought and harvest forecasts for Indonesia using tree rings, historic rice production figures and sea surface temperature data. Indonesia is one of the world’s most populous nations and a major producer of rice, cocoa, coffee and tobacco. But the country is regularly at risk of drought caused by

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