Manitoba farmers pushed their spring planting to 57 per cent complete as of May 21, up 24 points from a week ago, the province's agriculture department reported.
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Manitoba seeding 12 points ahead of pace
Most spring wheat in the ground
Neither rain, snow, sleet or hail…
It can be tough to tell the various precipitation types from each other
Farmers on the Prairies can expect to see all types of precipitation in the spring and early summer, including snow, rain, sleet and hail.
Prairie rain is a cold rain
In our part of the world, most precipitation comes from cold clouds
On the Prairies most of our precipitation is derived from unique processes in cold clouds.
The drivers of extreme rainfall
A hotter atmosphere means more capacity to hold water, as recent events demonstrate
A hotter atmosphere means more capacity to hold water, as rainfall events on the Prairies in September 2024 demonstrate.
Rainfall and a warming planet
What a changing atmosphere means for extreme rain events
What a climate change means for extreme rain events on the Prairies
What causes heavy rainfall on the Prairies?
Several factors can contribute to heavy rainfall events
Several factors must come together for an extreme rainfall event to occur. Sometimes you need more than one factor and other times, if the factor is strong enough, you just need one.
Bean crops take yield hit
Lack of summer rains lowered early harvest soybean and dry bean yields, judging by the first beans to hit the bin
HARVEST Lack of summer rains lowered early harvest soybean and dry bean yields, judging by the first beans to hit the bin
Acres are up but yields are trending down for soybeans and dry beans across the province this year, according to Manitoba Agriculture pulse specialist Dennis Lange. “The key word this year is variability,” he said. “It all depends on when you got that rain, or if you got that rain. “If you got that rain, generally, harvest
Ag losses likely to top US$1B after Chile rains
Reuters — Heavy rains in Chile’s central south farming region in mid-August may have caused at least US$1 billion in losses, according to estimates by authorities and the industry. Extreme weather conditions led the government to declare a state of catastrophe last week as dangerous rains pounded isolated communities and killed at least three people.
The factors that contribute to heavy rainfall
Storms are a fact of summer life — but what makes a heavy rainstorm?
Last time we started our look at one of the last severe summer weather events, extreme rainfall. I looked back at the weather articles I have written over the last 20 years, and I only found one other article that talked about the causes for extreme rainfalls and that was back in 2015. So, I
At Ag in Motion: Exhibitors ready after rainy first day
Wednesday typically AiM's most popular day
The sun is shining, exhibitors are ready and the grounds are prepared for a traditionally-busy second day of the Ag in Motion show near Langham, Sask. Opening day saw the clouds roll in and the skies open up, but few were complaining about the much-needed moisture that rolled through much of Western Canada on Tuesday.
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