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Canadian scientist Robert Sandford says there is an urgent need to address and adapt to climate change and its effects on the hydrological cycle.

Western Canada has crossed into an entirely new hydro-climatic cycle, scientist says

Climate change is accelerating hydrology at an even faster pace than earlier thought, making for rapid-fire change

By Lorraine Stevenson November 18, 2016

A Canadian scientist says those trying to protect farmland from future floods, and bolster local resilience against other extremes of hydrologic climate change must do so with a sense of urgency. “I hope you’ll see beyond urgency to the emergency we face if we do not act in a timely and effective manner to protect

Co-operation between municipalities can help reduce flooding that otherwise results when water problems are simply passed to the next jurisdiction, the ARBI conference was told.

Local news

Flood resilience increasing as jurisdictions co-operate: ARBI

By pulling the pieces of the puzzle together, a better and more co-ordinated approach is possible

By Lorraine Stevenson November 17, 2016

Flooding remains a persistent threat, but some farmers and landowners living along the Assiniboine, Souris and Qu’Appelle rivers and their tributaries are now better prepared for the next occurrence. Since 2011 five municipalities along with the City of Brandon, working in Manitoba’s Upper Assiniboine Conservation District, have funded and built several new small dams and

Farmers fear a replay of past springs with unseeded acres, as seen in this aerial photo taken in 2014 near Souris, Man.

Crops, Weather

Wet conditions delaying Manitoba harvest, fertilizer applications

Sunny forecast is just what many farmers need

By Allan Dawson November 10, 2016

Too wet. That sums up conditions on many Manitoba farms as of Nov. 3 when the Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) held its advisory council meeting here. But that was before Mother Nature treated much of the province to a weekend of record-breaking temperatures, sunshine and wind. And as of press time Monday warmer-than-normal, sunny weather

Livestock, Local news

Cattle stranded, nerves fraying

As the water keeps rising, cattle producers question pump  operation guidelines around The Pas

By Shannon VanRaes November 3, 2016

Tim Berscheid is exhausted and his cattle could soon be hungry. Flooding in and around his ranch in the Rural Municipality of Kelsey, near The Pas, have left 400 of his cattle stranded, reachable only by canoe. Berscheid has fed them the last of his accessible feed stock and he is now weighing the possibility

A couple of Tim Berscheid's cattle wander flooded farmland in the RM of Kelsey in this photo dated Oct. 27. (Vimeo.com)

News, News & Opinion

Cattle stranded in The Pas flood fight

By Shannon VanRaes October 28, 2016

Fall flooding at and around Tim Berscheid’s ranch in the Rural Municipality of Kelsey, near The Pas, has left 400 of his cattle reachable only by canoe. Berscheid has fed the stranded cattle the last of his accessible feed and is now considering letting them forage a partially-flooded cornfield. Berscheid and his wife Michelle have

Hogs, Livestock, Weather

Smithfield sees pork operations back to normal Monday

By GFM Network News, Jim Brumm October 17, 2016

Wilmington, N.C. | Reuters — Smithfield Foods expects to resume full production on Monday at its North Carolina meat operations, including the world’s largest pork plant, more than a week after Hurricane Matthew struck the U.S. Southeast and triggered widespread flooding in the state. Operations will get back to normal at Smithfield’s four North Carolina

NASA’s Terra satellite observes Post-Tropical Cyclone Matthew being absorbed by a cold front along the U.S. Eastern Seaboard on Oct. 9 at 11:45 a.m. ET. (NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team)

Livestock, Weather

Millions of chickens reported dead in Hurricane Matthew floods

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek October 13, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — Flooding from Hurricane Matthew has killed up to five million poultry birds in North Carolina, most of them chickens, the state’s top environmental official said Wednesday. Donald van der Vaart, secretary of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, also told Reuters that some pits that hold hog waste on farms

Our History, Weather

Wet weather far from a distant memory

Our History: August 2014

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff August 25, 2016

Weather in recent years may have some farmers thinking almost fondly of the 1980s, which were even drier than the 1930s. Above is our weather page from just two years ago in the August 28, 2014 issue. Daniel Bezte wrote about yet another unusually strong area of low pressure which had brought more rain. The

Mallard Lodge has been undermined by waves  and the windows are boarded up.

Country Crossroads, Local news

Former Delta Marsh Field Station

The area is one of many still dealing with the aftermath of floods

By Donna Gamache July 27, 2016

It’s the fifth anniversary since the 2011 flood along Lake Manitoba, and two years since the 2014 flood. The high water may be gone but the effects linger on and will continue to do so for many years. Cottagers and homeowners whose property was destroyed or damaged are affected, and many are still at work

Local news

Three options on the table for flooded farmland

By Jennifer Paige May 27, 2016

A study commissioned by the province and released this past January identified three main possible solutions to flooded farmland down stream from the dam. “One was the addition of the spillway gates, buying out lower-laying agricultural lands that are subject to frequent flooding and they also looked at constructing linear dikes down the river,” MIT’s

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Chicago grain prices fall amid profit-taking and dollar rebound

U.S. livestock: Cattle fall back as inventory hits 75-year low

Farm family income gains driven by off-farm earnings: StatCan

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