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Farmers plant saplings in a rice field on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India on July 5, 2019. (File photo: Reuters/Amit Dave)

India unveils new rice variety to reduce water use, labour

By GFM Network News, Mayank Bhardwaj September 28, 2021

New Delhi | Reuters — India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched an array of new high-yielding crop varieties, including herbicide-tolerant rice that can be directly sown into the soil, cutting expenditure on water and farm workers. In India, the world’s biggest rice exporter, the conventional method of rice cultivation requires farmers to sow

News, Other

U.S.-Canada study makes recommendations for Souris River Basin

A 32-year-old agreement with the U.S. is working well but a few tweaks could improve flooding and water supply issues

By Geralyn Wichers September 20, 2021

An international joint commission will recommend several changes to how the Souris River Basin is managed. The International Souris River Study Board finished its public consultation on its report on the basin on September 7. The board studied a 1989 treaty between the United States and Canada on how they will manage the basin, which

Farmit Manitoba, Other

South-central municipalities, cities fighting to keep water flowing

By Geralyn Wichers September 10, 2021

WORRIES | Struggling dairy farmers not out of water yet, but are being careful, digging new wells, says Dairy Farmers of Manitoba

The water co-op that supplies some water to houses, hospitals, businesses and farms in Morden, Winkler, Altona, Carman and many other south-central communities has been forced to install temporary water intakes in the Red River after water levels fell too low to reliably reach its system. “For us, our life is turned right upside down

Workers unload humanitarian aid from a U.S. military helicopter at the airport at Les Cayes, Haiti on Aug, 18, 2021 after Saturday’s 7.2 magnitude earthquake. (Photo: Reuters/Henry Romero)

Crops, Weather

Haitians grow impatient for quake aid as hungry crowd gathers

Victims say they still lack food, shelter, clean water; some major hospitals damaged

By GFM Network News August 18, 2021

Les Cayes, Haiti | Reuters — A hungry crowd gathered outside an airport in southern Haiti on Wednesday as people left homeless by an earthquake that killed some 2,000 people voiced anger that government aid was slow to arrive five days after the disaster, leaving many without food and water. Prime Minister Ariel Henry, who

One of Al Ayotte’s three water retention dams.

Farmit Manitoba, Other

Water retention projects show promise for drought protection

Funds from the MHHC-stewarded GROW trust has allowed watershed districts to ramp up water conservation projects

By Geralyn Wichers July 26, 2021

It was a simple equation for Al Ayotte. It was a dry 2020 summer, and water was seeping out of his sandy-soiled pasture into a drain and flowing off his property. “It doesn’t make sense, and it gets me mad,” he said. “Let’s go reverse. Let’s pile up some water and let the water go

Cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, can produce toxins that are harmful to livestock, wildlife and people.

News

Algae blooms can endanger livestock

Hot weather can promote blooms which can produce harmful toxins

By North Dakota State University July 6, 2021

Cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, can produce toxins that are harmful to livestock, wildlife and people. The growth of this bacteria is aided by high temperatures. “The hot, dry conditions we are experiencing are perfect for the production of cyanobacteria,” says Miranda Meehan, North Dakota State University Extension livestock environmental stewardship specialist. Given the current conditions, producers and the public should

Livestock, News

Rains bring second wind to pastures, water supplies

By Alexis Stockford June 28, 2021

DROUGHT | Many producers got desperately needed rain in the second week of June, but low water concerns have not been totally banished Tyler Fulton’s dugout looks very different from the image of an ever-deepening hole and dwindling water that he posted to Twitter only weeks ago. At the time, the Birtle-area farmer and president of the

A new program will pick up half the costs a producer incurs installing a watering system, up to $10,000.

News

Province earmarks funds for livestock watering

Program covers dugout improvements, watering systems, and other projects revamping or introducing new livestock watering options

By Alexis Stockford June 25, 2021

Producers needing to revamp a water source or search out a new one will be able to access some government money for the project. On June 8, the federal and provincial government announced that Manitoba producers will be able to get help for developing water sources. Eligible projects will be retroactive to the start of

Aquanty draws from real-time models in 15 sub-watershed districts in the Assiniboine River Basin.

News, Other

MFGA to develop water forecasting tool

Real-time forecasts for water flows, groundwater and soil moisture are on the way

By Alexis Stockford June 25, 2021

Producers in the Assiniboine River Basin will be able to check the finer details of water flow for their farms, much as they might check the weather, in the not-so-distant future. The federal government has slated $1.1 million for the Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association (MFGA) to develop a virtual forecasting tool for producers to

Water is key to spraying operations, and that’s been in short supply this spring.

Crops

Where’s the water?

Water restrictions threw another wrench into spray season for producers in early June

By Alexis Stockford June 18, 2021

In a spray season that has already seen frost warnings, heat waves and high winds, producers in early June were dealing with yet another problem — lack of water. Water restrictions were making headlines in early June, with some treatment plants reporting worryingly low levels of potable water. Why it matters: High-quality water is in

Daily Network News

U.S. farm income set to fall in 2026 despite surge in government payments

Feed grain weekly: Barley bids firm in early February

Carney wins admiration globally but struggles to lower food costs at home

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