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It Has Been Wetter

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TABLE 1 Total rainfall, May 1 to June 27, in millimetres (compared to record) Dauphin City May June May and June Winnipeg Brandon 153.4 (200.6-1999) 107.2 (216.2-2005) 260.6 (272.4-2005) Regina Saskatoon 160.0 (177.7-1977) 89.0 (255.7-1901) 249.0 (316.8-1877) 111.2 (133.8-1943) 72.5 (226.7-1944) 183.7 (312.8-1953) 82.3 (160.0-1902) 70.5 (199.2-1975) 152.8 (271.4-1902) 128.5 (147.4-1977) 83.6 (186.5-1942) 212.1 (203.4-1991)
Country Crossroads

Even More Reason To Smile

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One of Manitoba’s well-known roadside attractions is about to get much better known across Canada. Gladstone’s smiling “Happy Rock,” situated on the edge of town beside the Yellowhead Highway (No. 16), has been selected to be featured in a stamp series put out by Canada Post this summer. Four roadside statues were selected but Happy
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Fairs & Festivals – for Jun. 10, 2010

Is your community hosting a farm fair or exhibition in 2010? Contact the Co-operator with your event, dates, location, contact information (phone, email and/or website) and updates or changes to [email protected]. June 9-13 – Manitoba Summer Fair, Brandon. Contact Karen Oliver at 204-726-3590 or visit www.brandonfairs.com. June 11-12 – Lundar Agricultural Fair, Lundar. Contact Cynthia
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Weekly Weather Map – for Jun. 10, 2010

Precipitation Compared to Historical Distribution (Prairie Region) April 1, 2010 to June 3, 2010 Prepared by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s National Agroclimate Information Service (NAIS). Data provided through partnership with Environment Canada, Natural Resources Canada, and many Provincial agencies. Record Dry Extremely Low (0-10) Very Low (10-20) Low (20-40) Mid-Range (40-60) High (60-80) Very High
Crops

Fairs & Festivals – for Jun. 3, 2010

Is your community hosting a farm fair or exhibition in 2010? Contact the Co-operator with your event, dates, location, contact information (phone, email and/or website) and updates or changes to [email protected]. June 5-6 – Rockwood Summer Fair, Stonewall. Contact Janice Rutherford at 204-467-5612. June 6 – Back 40 Folk Festival, Morden Park Bowl, Morden. Visit
Cereals, Crops

Seaway Shipments Up Sharply

Cargo shipping through the St. Lawrence Seaway, connecting North America’s Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean, rose 18 per cent in the first four months of the year from the year-before period, signalling a rebound in the manufacturing sector, seaway officials said May 11. Total cargo shipments rose to nearly 3.7 million tonnes, with iron
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Local Governments Gain — And Lose — In Budget 2010

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Municipal leaders were glad to see an increase in unconditional grants to municipalities last week, and even seemed a tad surprised to get it during what they knew would be one tough budget. The province’s budget for 2010 includes an overall increase of 6.5 per cent in unconditional grants for municipalities, which flow to each
Weather

Weekly Weather Map – for Mar. 25, 2010

This issue’s map shows the total amount of precipitation that has fallen across the Prairies this agricultural year (Sept. 1, 2009 to March 17, 2010). So far this agricultural year there is a definite east/west split through the Prairies. Areas east of central Saskatchewan are heading into spring with relatively good amounts of precipitation during
Crops

Weather Will Get Better

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Western Canadian farmers can expect to head into the 2010 growing season facing similar weather-related problems as they did in the past year, with dryness persisting in parts of Alberta and Saskatchewan, and the potential for flooding in southern Manitoba, said Drew Lerner of World Weather Inc. at the annual Canadian Wheat Board Grain World
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Warm, Wet Summer On The Way

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Canadian farmers who pulled off some big high-quality crops last year despite volatile weather appear to be in line for a warmer, wetter summer, said David Phillips, senior climatologist with Environment Canada, Jan. 11. “That’s a pretty good-news situation,” Phillips said in an interview with Reuters. “I think most farmers would go to the bank

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