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Drone image of the aftermath of the Oct. 14 fire.
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Razed elevator evolved with town and agriculture

The former Manitoba Pool structure was still in use as private storage when it burned Oct. 14

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Residents of St. Jean Baptiste notice a gap when they look around their community on the banks of the Red River. The grain elevator, which had stood as a fixture of the town’s landscape for 70 years and was still standing at the beginning of October, is missing. “The St. Jean skyline feels empty now
Fire crews work to extinguish the fire that destroyed the decades-old grain elevator in St. Jean Baptiste.
News

Razed elevator was a 70-year fixture of the St. Jean skyline

Originally holding 40,000 bushels, the former Manitoba Pool elevator evolved with the town

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The St. Jean Baptiste grain elevator that burned down over the weekend was a fixture of the town’s skyline since the early 1950s. “The St. Jean skyline feels empty now and it will take some time to get used to,” wrote NuVision Commodities Inc., which owned the building, on Facebook on Oct. 15. The elevator
A canola field is burned in the 
RM of Lorne in spring 2020, after a wet fall left an unprecedented number of fields unharvested over the winter.
News, Other

Left breathless by stubble burning

Farmers urged to be responsible if they’re going to burn

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Fewer Manitoba farmers grab the lighter when it comes time to deal with stubble. According to Manitoba agriculture meteorology specialist Timi Ojo, that’s for a good reason. “Burning crop residue is actually not cheap,” he said. “It has quite an impact in terms of loss of organic matter. There is increased potential for soil compaction
Smoke rises from a wildfire in Alberta’s Strathcona County, east of Edmonton, on May 5, 2023. (Photo: Video screengrab from @hellohildy on Twitter via Reuters)
Livestock, Weather

Alberta fairs, auctions offer space for evacuated livestock

Central areas catch break with moisture, cooler weather; CN service resumes

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Alberta’s ag societies and livestock auction marts are offering up pen space for producers forced to evacuate animals away from dozens of wildfires in the province’s northern and west-central regions. As of early Thursday evening, the province was tracking 76 active wildfires, of which 22 were listed as “out of control” and 17 as “being
The Elva elevator is destroyed by fire in early April 2022.
Farmit Manitoba, News, Other

VIDEO: Up in smoke, Elva elevator will still live on in homes

Rotting from the bottom up, reclamation for antique wood and hardware was the best bet for the neglected Prairie sentinel

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It wasn’t supposed to end like this. Troy Angus and his crew watched a single spark float up the historic grain elevator at Elva, in the far southwest of the province, and lodge in a hole no larger than a football. “It was literally smoke on contact,” Angus said. Initially he was in denial, telling
CME December 2021 lean hogs (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (pink, brown and black lines). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME hogs hit six-month lows

Chicago cattle futures rebound

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures dropped to their lowest prices in more than six months on Tuesday, while cattle futures recovered a day after hitting June lows on concerns about a fire at a major Nebraska beef plant. The hog market extended recent losses under pressure from concerns about the
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Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

JBS plans to reopen Nebraska beef plant damaged in fire

'Primary production areas' not hit

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Chicago | Reuters — JBS USA on Monday halted production at a Nebraska beef plant that slaughters about five per cent of U.S. cattle due to a fire, but said the company expects to resume operations on Tuesday. The temporary closure highlighted concerns among lawmakers and ranchers that the U.S. is vulnerable to supply disruptions
In recent weeks the Oakland-Wawanesa Fire Department has been called to two fires started by haying equipment.
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Extreme caution urged while haying, harvesting tinder-dry fields

The RM of Oakland-Wawanesa reported two fires caused by farm equipment in two days

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A rural fire department is urging farmers to be extra cautious this year after haying equipment caused two fires in its area. “We encourage farmers to carry either a jug of water or an extinguisher with them so at least they can slow it down until we get there,” said Dennis Gullet, fire chief in
Charred remnants of a rail bridge destroyed by a wildfire on June 30 are seen during a media tour by authorities in Lytton, B.C. on July 9, 2021. (Photo: Reuters/Jennifer Gauthier)
Crops, Other, Weather

Lytton bridge re-opened but grain movement ‘hit and miss’

B.C. wildfires continue to disrupt Prairie grain movement

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Canadian National Railway’s fire-damaged bridge at Lytton, B.C. reopened for traffic Tuesday — but all train movement, including for grain, through British Columbia’s wildfire-ravaged southern Interior, is “hit and miss” and will remain so until the fire risk lessens. “Both (CN and Canadian Pacific Railway) are having troubles because there are so many fires in

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