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Are we looking at a warm, dry spring?

The snow cover so far across Western Canada won’t take as much sunlight to melt

By Daniel Bezte February 19, 2016

The biggest weather news of the week, at least according to my local news sources, was AccuWeather’s spring weather prediction. So I figured maybe I should join in and take a look at what the different forecasters have called for this spring. After all, meteorological spring is only a couple of weeks away (March-April-May). In

Crops, Weather

Ice-free Great Lakes mean sunny outlook for seaway

By GFM Network News, Jade Markus February 16, 2016

CNS Canada — A lack of ice on the Great Lakes means Canada’s St. Lawrence Seaway will start shipping grain earlier than last year. Last year the seaway’s opening was delayed until the beginning of April, due to the amount of ice in the system, according to Bruce Hodgson, director of market development for St.

Local news

KAP pleased with expansion of waterway accord

Ontario and Alberta have become the first provinces to agree to work with Manitoba and others to improve water health

By Shannon VanRaes July 14, 2015

A Manitoba-made agreement aimed at protecting lakes and waterways has gained two new signatories. Last week, Alberta and Ontario signed on to the Lake Friendly Accord, which already includes many mayors and reeves, as well as the Lake Winnipeg Foundation, Manitoba Hydro, the government of Canada and state of Minnesota. For Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP),

Weather, Weather Vane

Cool weather pattern returns

Issued: Monday, April 20, 2015 – Covering: April 22 – April 29, 2015

By Daniel Bezte April 23, 2015

As the weather models predicted last week, a strong area of low pressure in both the lower and upper levels of the atmosphere has developed to our east over the Great Lakes. At first it looked like this low would be smaller and farther east, only bringing us a short shot of cold air, but

The CWB Marquis — one of two new laker vessels the former Canadian Wheat Board ordered in 2011 — arrived at St. Lambert on April 2 for the reopening of the St. Lawrence Seaway. The federal Transportation Safety Board reported the Marquis ran aground the next day at Beauharnois, Que., about 45 km southwest of St. Lambert, but refloated later that evening and continued en route to Hamilton. (CWB.ca)

Crops, Markets, Weather

CWB’s new laker boat opens St. Lawrence Seaway

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 2, 2015

The first of CWB’s new laker vessels marked the official opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway for 2015 on Thursday, passing through the South Shore Canal’s St. Lambert Lock near Montreal. The seaway navigation season’s official opening had previously been set for March 27, but officials opted in early March to put off the opening

Weather, Weather Vane

One last shot of arctic air

Issued: Monday, Mar. 2, 2015 – Covering: Mar. 4 – Mar. 11, 2015

By Daniel Bezte March 5, 2015

It looks like this forecast period will be a transition period, as the weather models have been showing a switch in our weather pattern towards a much more spring-like one. This forecast period will start off much like all the forecasts for the last month, with an area of arctic high pressure dropping southeastward. This

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A “black year” for Canadian grain shipments

Our History: November 1974

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff December 9, 2014

You could lease this automatic telephone answering machine advertised for $28.30 per month ($131.47 in 2014 dollars) in our Nov. 28, 1974 issue. The editorial that week talked about a “black year” for Canadian grain shipments. Our front page reported yet another strike, this time by grain inspectors. This followed strikes by Great Lakes vessel

Crops, Weather

Return to ‘normal’ ice conditions expected for Great Lakes

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin December 3, 2014

CNS Canada — After record ice levels kept shipping lanes on the Great Lakes closed longer than normal during the 2013-14 winter, a return to more normal ice conditions is in the forecasts for 2014-15, according to data compiled by the North American Ice Service and released Wednesday. “Right now, we’re looking at a near-normal

Weather Vane

Weather models point to a fall heat wave

Issued: Monday, Oct. 13, 2014 – Covering: Oct. 15 - Oct. 22, 2014

By Daniel Bezte October 16, 2014

The long weekend turned out to be a little nicer than expected as the large Pacific low ended up staying off shore, with only a few pieces of energy moving through our region. Overall, the forecast for the next couple of weeks looks to be pretty good. Confidence is actually fairly high as the weather

Crops

Seaway Enjoys Good Year But Faces Uncertain Future

By Alex Binkley November 10, 2011

Little noticed and seldom mentioned in the media, marine shipping through the St. Lawrence Seaway and Great Lakes plays a major role in the economies of Ontario, Quebec, and eight American states. The sector generates $34.6 billion of economic activity annually and close to 227,000 jobs in the two countries, according to a new study

Daily Network News

Canadian Agricultural HR Council gets federal funds for workforce development tools

Farm groups call on agriculture minister to pause federal research cuts

Feed grains weekly: Prices bump up

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