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Is the ‘D’ word rearing its ugly head?

Agricultural Manitoba is going into seeding with below-average precipitation in the bank

By Daniel Bezte May 14, 2018

After a dry to very dry winter and spring across agricultural Manitoba, there comes a time when we have to begin talking about the dreaded “D” word: drought. Looking up some definitions of drought, here is what I have found: In the most general sense, drought originates from a deficiency of precipitation over an extended

Other, Weather, Weather Vane

Forecast: No significant rain expected

Issued May 7, 2018: Covering the period from May 9 to May 16, 2018

By Daniel Bezte May 10, 2018

Overall, the weather models did a good job with last week’s forecast. There was a little more wind than expected (bad), but temperatures over the weekend and into the first part of this week were warmer than forecast (good). For this forecast period we’ll start with two areas of low pressure influencing our region. The

Environment Canada on April 30 released this forecast map for the probability of above-normal precipitation for the period of May through July 2018.

Crops, Weather

May showers likely to leave growers unsatisfied

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News April 30, 2018

CNS Canada — Canada’s Prairies can expect to see regular rainfall in most regions during May, but it likely won’t be enough to offset dry conditions recorded over the past several months. According to Drew Lerner of World Weather Inc. in Kansas City, the first half of May should see average rainfall amounts in most

Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feedlots struggle through adverse weather

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen March 26, 2018

Western Canadian yearling prices experienced a week-over-week decline of $5-$8 with some pockets deteriorating $10 to as much as $12. Adverse weather in southern Alberta has resulted in limited buying interest from main feedlot operators. Feedlot Alley has received 150-200 per cent of normal precipitation over the past 60 days. Snow and rain, along with

Crops, Weather

Cool, later-spring forecast for Prairies

More moisture is in the forecast too, but it needs to be timely to help crops

By Allan Dawson March 7, 2018

Western Canadian farmers can expect a cool, later-than-normal spring, according to a forecast from DTN Progressive Farmer and WeatherFarm. While that means a later start to spring seeding and the risk of a late-spring frost, the silver lining is it will help conserve the limited moisture coming from a smaller-than-normal snowpack. Although Western Canada is

Dr. Rigas Karamanos explains the basic factors of maximum yield, one of several seminars held during Ag Days 2018.

Crops, Local news

Drought bullet dodged, but what’s next?

Crops drew heavily on water reserves last year, something that might be a problem with Manitoba’s meager snow cover

By Alexis Stockford January 17, 2018

Manitoba managed to thrive last year despite scant rainfall, but skimpy snow cover might mean trouble when it comes to maximum yield next year. Water was one of four things that Rigas Karamanos says will impact yield potential, along with genetic potential of the variety, solar radiation and fertility. The senior agronomist from Koch Fertilizer

Other, Weather

A look at snow and super-cooled water

The water in our atmosphere has to be colder than 0 C before it’s cold enough to freeze

By Daniel Bezte October 24, 2017

As we slowly work our way toward winter and several locations across the Prairies have seen snow, I thought it might be time to revisit the icy topic of snow. Instead of jumping straight into our discussion we’ll look at the process that creates precipitation in cold clouds, which, in our part of the world,

Pacific Ocean sea surface temperature anomalies in degrees Celsius for the week centred on Sept. 27. (CPC.ncep.noaa.gov)

Crops, Weather

La Nina could return cold, snowy tradition to Prairies

By GFM Network News, Terry Fries October 5, 2017

CNS Canada — The world’s major weather forecasters predict a slightly better than 50 per cent chance that a La Nina weather pattern will occur this fall and winter. Most Prairie farmers could see good things happening if the system does materialize, because La Nina systems tend to bring what many people think of as

Other, Weather

A summer of average temperatures

Manitoba also saw a low number of significantly heavy rain events this summer

By Daniel Bezte September 20, 2017

As we hit the second full week of September there has been another Category 4 hurricane to hit the U.S. mainland; this time it was hurricane Irma. Irma made landfall near Marco Island, Florida early on Sept. 10. While the damage inflicted by Irma looks to be significant, the storm will not bring the torrential

Other, Weather

A detailed look at Prairie heat and rainfall

It has been hot and dry across much of the region, but there’s variation within that trend

By Daniel Bezte August 16, 2017

There have been more and more news stories coming out about the hot and dry conditions across the Prairies so far this summer, especially across Alberta and Saskatchewan. I figured we should take a little time to look at what has been happening weather-wise across the agricultural Prairies to see just what’s been going on.

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Is the ‘D’ word rearing its ugly head?

Forecast: No significant rain expected

May showers likely to leave growers unsatisfied

Klassen: Feedlots struggle through adverse weather

Cool, later-spring forecast for Prairies

Drought bullet dodged, but what’s next?

La Nina could return cold, snowy tradition to Prairies

A summer of average temperatures

A detailed look at Prairie heat and rainfall

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