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An aerial view of parched terrace fields at Chongqing’s Fuyuan village in east-central China on Aug. 19, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Thomas Peter)

China’s farmers struggle to save crops as heatwave, drought drag on

By GFM Network News August 19, 2022

Chongqing | Reuters — As the tinder-dry countryside along China’s Yangtze river basin withers under a heatwave that has lasted more than two months, veteran farmer Chen Xiaohua recalled the last severe drought to hit his crops more than 60 years ago. “This year is drier than 1960,” said Chen, 68, from his plot of

File photo of the bridge to Apex, an outlying area of Iqaluit. (Henry Baillie-Brown/iStock/Getty Images)

Other, Weather

Iqaluit declares state of emergency over water shortage

By GFM Network News, Ismail Shakil August 13, 2022

Ottawa | Reuters — The northern Canadian city of Iqaluit declared a state of emergency on Friday after scarce rain this year left water levels in the local Apex River at a four-decade low. Iqaluit warned it may not have enough water in its reservoir to sustain its population of about 7,800 when a freeze-up

A ship is docked for unloading at G3’s St. Lawrence River terminal at Trois-Rivieres, Que. (G3.ca)

Crops, Markets

Prairie drought spurs record imports via Trois-Rivieres

G3 terminal reports record incoming grain handle

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News August 12, 2022

Agrifood firms unable to source enough grain domestically due to last year’s drought have imported a record amount through a major St. Lawrence River grain terminal this year. Winnipeg grain handler G3, whose grain terminal at Trois-Rivieres, Que. has storage capacity for 109,000 tonnes, reported Wednesday the terminal has so far unloaded over 160,000 tonnes

Wheat in progress west of Pathlow, Sask. on Aug. 1, 2022. (Dave Bedard photo)

Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Prices lower despite mixed growing conditions

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News August 11, 2022

MarketsFarm — While not as widespread as last year’s historic drought, some parts of Alberta are still struggling with hot and dry conditions. Suzanne Leclerc, owner of Market Master Ltd. in Edmonton, said growing conditions for feed grains across the province are varied. “As usual for the last couple of years, such a mixed review,”

Excessive heat warnings (in magenta) and heat advisories (in orange) were in place July 19, 2022 for areas across much of the southern U.S. Plains. (Weather.gov)

Crops, Weather

Sizzling heat stresses livestock, crops in southern U.S. Plains

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen July 20, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — Scorching temperatures in the southern U.S. Plains are stressing cattle as well as crops such as cotton, corn and soybeans, meteorologists and traders said on Tuesday. Temperatures were forecast to reach 111 F (44 C) in parts of the Texas Panhandle, a core area for cotton and cattle production. While much

A Canada-wide map of drought conditions. Photo credit: Canadian Drought Monitor

Crops, Weather

Drought conditions remain in Alberta, Saskatchewan

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News, Marketsfarm July 13, 2022

MarketsFarm — After copious amounts of precipitation alleviated the most severe drought conditions in Saskatchewan and Alberta, there were still some areas dealing with extreme dryness entering July, according to the Canadian Drought Monitor. At the end of June, only 22 per cent of the Prairie region was classified in the Abnormally Dry (D0) to

Rusty patch bumblebees are native bees that are now listed as an endangered species.  photo: USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab/Creative Commons

Livestock, News, Other livestock

Another bad season for bees

Experts explore the reasons for bee population declines -- and ways to mitigate the problem

By Don Norman July 6, 2022

Beekeepers reported high losses over the winter and experts are exploring the reasons and seeking ways to mitigate future colony declines. Ian Steppler, president of the Manitoba Beekeepers Association, said Manitoba’s losses this year are extremely high. “We’re nearly at a 60 per cent loss right across Manitoba right now, the highest loss in Canada

Flea beetles in canola seedlings. (Canola Council of Canada video screengrab via YouTube)

Crops, Weather

Flea beetles an issue in parts of Saskatchewan

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm July 5, 2022

MarketsFarm — Delays to spring seeding in some regions of Saskatchewan, such as the northeast, have opened the door for infestations of flea beetles, according to provincial pest management specialist James Tansey. Canola crops that were planted later than normal are suffering from flea beetles, he said. Extremely late-seeded canola has been relatively free from

The sun sets on the shrinking Lake Mead, April 16, 2022, where water levels have declined dramatically to lows not seen since the reservoir was filled after the construction of Hoover Dam, as climate change and growing demand for its water shrink the Colorado River and create challenges, in Boulder City, Nevada.

Comment, Op/Ed, Other

Opinion: Water reckoning coming to southwestern U.S.

A megadrought and runaway water use is a recipe for disaster

By Alan Guebert June 29, 2022

From 35,000 feet, the white ring that marks the high level of Lake Powell looks just like the ring of an emptying bathtub. The only difference is the chalky top mark on this big tub, once the second-largest freshwater reservoir in the U.S., is an unscrubbable 1,900 miles around. And Lake Powell, the upper reservoir

“If you don’t have a program that addresses the events specifically, then it can sometimes be a blunt tool to address it.” – Tyler Fulton.

Livestock, News

BRM programs a poor fit for challenged livestock sector

With so much extreme weather, is it time to change the approach to the livestock sector’s safety net

By Alexis Stockford June 23, 2022

This time, it was April when disaster struck. Calves were dropping across the province. Livestock operations, bitten hard by the 2021 drought, were urgently waiting for pastures to green. Nobody needed a half-metre of snow, enough precipitation to send parts of the province under water and extended power outages. In the aftermath, producers began to

Daily Network News

Grocery code of conduct takes full effect

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures surge as second screwworm case announced

U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans fall on competition with Brazilian exports

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China’s farmers struggle to save crops as heatwave, drought drag on

Iqaluit declares state of emergency over water shortage

Prairie drought spurs record imports via Trois-Rivieres

Feed weekly outlook: Prices lower despite mixed growing conditions

Sizzling heat stresses livestock, crops in southern U.S. Plains

Drought conditions remain in Alberta, Saskatchewan

Another bad season for bees

Flea beetles an issue in parts of Saskatchewan

Opinion: Water reckoning coming to southwestern U.S.

BRM programs a poor fit for challenged livestock sector

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