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Crops, Local news, Weather

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: Issue 19

Conditions as of September 8, 2015

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Harvest 2015 continued across Manitoba over the past week, but wet weather over the weekend temporarily halted harvest progress. Harvest operations have since resumed in areas that received lower rainfall amounts and where field conditions allowed. Winter wheat seeding is underway in the Central and Eastern Regions of Manitoba. Fall field work, including tillage, baling
Capturing rainwater is a conservation activity urbanites can become involved with, says Pembina Valley Conservation District manager Cliff Greenfield.
Country Crossroads, Weather

Rain garden makes wiser use of run-off, beautifies urban areas

Rainwater capture takes the load off the drainage system, and provides low-cost water for gardens

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A strip of newly planted trees and shrubs on the east side of the recreation centre in Morden might look merely like landscaping. Wait until it starts to rain. Then it’s an example of how towns and cities can also help overland flooding and nutrient run-off. The site at the east side of the Morden
Sask. crops get soaked, but may take yield hit
Cereals, Weather

Sask. crops get soaked, but may take yield hit

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(Reuters) – Two days of rainstorms in Saskatchewan, Canada’s biggest wheat- and canola-growing province, may have done more harm to crops than good, even though farms were parched, a Saskatchewan government official said on Wednesday. Much of the province received rain on Monday and Tuesday, with the capital, Regina, collecting about 90 millimetres (3.5 inches),
This WeatherFarm map shows the heavy rainfall in southern Saskatchewan July 27
Weather

Three-hour tornado & Regina’s wettest day ever

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Reuters — A tornado spun for several hours through southwestern Manitoba late Monday in a fierce Canadian Prairie storm that caused flash flooding and shredded part of a highway. No injuries or major damage was reported, according to a statement by Environment Canada, federal weather forecaster. “What was just shocking was the duration on the
Crops, Weather

Central Alberta receives weekend rainfall

Up to two inches in some areas will help fill crops

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Commodity News Service Canada — Many regions of central Alberta saw some beneficial rainfall going into the weekend, which provided some relief to dry fields and aided crops as they head into the filling stage. “What it’s basically going to do is help fill the crops. In some places they had up to two inches of rain
Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: Issue 11
Crops, Local news, Weather

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: Issue 11

Conditions as of July 13, 2015

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Hot and humid weather conditions resulted in rapid crop growth across most of Manitoba. Generally, condition of most crop types is rated as good, although variability is noted across the province. Majority of acres and crop types have entered the flowering and grain fill stages of development. Although many areas did receive much needed rainfall,
vintage newspaper article
Our History

Severe hail strikes The Pas, 10,000 acres affected

Our History: July 1987

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This ad in our July 2, 1987 issue was for Grassroots, an online agricultural information system based on the Canadian Communications Research Centre Telidon system. While it featured a great deal of information, it was difficult to access due to slow download speeds over phone lines, and the system was expensive. This ad offered the
farm equipment seeding crops
Crops, Local news

Seeding 2015: The never-ending story

Close to a million Manitoba acres could get reseeded and 90 per cent of them were canola


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What started as an early spring has turned into a reseeding frenzy as farmers race against crop insurance deadlines to reseed nearly a million acres damaged by a blizzard, frost, heavy rains and voracious flea beetles. “The May 30 frost was bad for two reasons. One, it was widespread. Two, it was later in the
flooded field in Manitoba
Crops, Local news

Soggy fields delay producers’ attempts to complete seeding

Producers in the southwest of the province have been battling to complete seeding through 
oversaturated fields, late-spring frost and continued bouts of precipitation

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Another big rainfall June 2 has southwestern Manitoba farmers singing another refrain of the soggy boggy blues as they wait for their saturated land to dry up. “There are some farmers in the area who are done seeding for the first time, there are a lot who are reseeding and quite a few people who
Weather Vane by Daniel Bezte
Weather, Weather Vane

Roller-coaster ride settling into summer weather mode

Issued: Monday, May 25, 2015 – Covering: May 27 – June 3, 2015

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You have to love spring across the Prairies. One day it’s cold and snowy and a few days later it feels like summer! It looks like our spring roller-coaster ride is going to continue, but it does appear the ride is coming to an end. After a beautiful weekend and first half of the week,

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