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“In the EU, impacts of the summer drought, despite the sparse return of rainfall, have brought the yield outlook for crops to a rather uniform poor status.” – AMIS note.

Europe’s farmers bring in drought-scarred maize crop

EU production seen at 15-year low, raising import needs even in producing nations

By Reuters October 17, 2022

The European Union’s maize harvest is in full swing and field work is confirming widespread drought damage that analysts expect to push the feed grain crop to a 15-year low. A historic drought and successive heatwaves in Europe affected maize, or corn, during crucial summer growth stages. Showers in the past month appeared too late.

Markets, News

Dry soil in Russia’s south poses risk for 2023 grain crop

By Reuters October 14, 2022

Low soil moisture reserves in Russia’s southern breadbasket pose risks for the 2023 grain crop of the world’s largest wheat exporter, said agriculture ministry official Roman Nekrasov on Oct. 6. Farmers in Russia have accelerated winter wheat sowing after recent rain eased dry soil conditions in some regions last week, though sowing is still delayed

Cows that were stranded in a flooded barn at Abbotsford, B.C. are rescued on Nov. 16, 2021 by people in boats and on a jet-ski after rainstorms lashed the province, triggering landslides and floods and shutting highways. (File photo: Jennifer Gauthier/Reuters)

Livestock, Weather

Drought-stricken B.C. bracing for floods when rains return

By GFM Network News, Nia Williams October 13, 2022

Reuters — British Columbia on Thursday warned residents to prepare for flooding when rains eventually return after a prolonged drought exacerbated by climate change that has raised concerns about long-term damage to ecosystems ranging from glaciers to salmon rivers. The usually rainy western province has experienced weeks of record-breaking warm fall temperatures and minimal precipitation

The Mississippi River. (Mark D. Tomer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Markets, Weather

U.S. barge backlog swells on parched Mississippi River

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume October 5, 2022

Chicago | Reuters –– Commercial barge traffic on southern stretches of the Mississippi River was at a standstill on Tuesday as low water levels halted shipments of grain, fertilizer and other commodities on the critical waterway, shipping sources said. The supply chain snarl comes just as harvesting of corn and soybeans, the largest U.S. cash

After Hurricane Ian made landfall in southwestern Florida, a street sign lies in flood waters at Punta Gorda, about 40 km north of Fort Myers, on Sept. 29, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Shannon Stapleton)

Beef cattle, Livestock, Weather

Florida farmers scramble to reach cattle after Hurricane Ian

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek September 29, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — Farmers in Florida rushed to reach their cattle on Thursday after trees downed by Hurricane Ian broke fences used to contain the animals and rain from the fierce storm flooded fields used for grazing. One of the mightiest storms to hit the U.S. mainland in recent years, Ian flooded communities on

Crops, Weather

Hurricane Ian to worsen bleak outlook for U.S. orange juice industry

By GFM Network News, Marcelo Teixeira September 29, 2022

New York | Reuters — Hurricane Ian is likely to have worsened what was already expected to be the smallest U.S. orange crop in 55 years after it blasted through a large fruit producing area when it passed through Florida this week, flooding farms and causing oranges to drop from trees. Precise information on losses

Wrecked structures float in the water in the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona at Rose Blanche, N.L., about 45 km east of Port aux Basques, on Sept. 25, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/John Morris)

Weather

After Fiona, climate experts urge Canada to fix flagship adaptation strategy

By GFM Network News, Nia Williams September 28, 2022

Reuters — Canada’s first national climate adaptation strategy needs to be improved to include near-term targets and specific solutions ahead of its November release to mitigate worsening global warming impacts, experts advising the government told Reuters in the wake of devastation caused by storm Fiona. Fiona, one of the worst storms to ever hit Canada,

Purslane combines two rare types of photosynthesis to endure drought while remaining highly productive.

Crops, News

Weed is a ‘super plant’ under drought conditions

Most plants shut down growth to survive drought, but purslane can keep going

By Yale University Release September 27, 2022

A common weed harbours important clues about how to create drought-resistant crops in a world beset by climate change. Yale scientists describe how Portulaca oleracea, commonly known as purslane, integrates two distinct metabolic pathways to create a novel type of photosynthesis that enables the weed to endure drought while remaining highly productive, say Yale scientists. “This is a very

RCMP officers near a building destroyed by Hurricane Fiona at Port aux Basques, N.L. on Sept. 26, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/John Morris)

Weather

Fiona batters Eastern Canada’s farms, fishery

'You'll hear me swearing in Saskatchewan'

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel September 26, 2022

Winnipeg | Reuters — Powerful storm Fiona slammed into Canada’s eastern fishing and farm industries over the weekend, smashing wharves, food processing plants and barns that will take months to repair. One of the worst storms Canada has ever faced left more than one-third of customers in Nova Scotia without power, swept homes into the

People work to clear the way after heavy rains and deadly floods hit the central Italian region of Marche, in Cantiano, Italy, Sept. 16, 2022. A new report says climate change will lead to “uncharted” destruction.

News, Other, Weather

Climate impacts heading to ‘uncharted territories of destruction’ —UN chief

World Meteorological Organization says world headed ‘in the wrong direction’ on climate

By Gloria Dickie September 26, 2022

Reuters – The impacts of climate change are “heading into uncharted territories of destruction,” U.N. secretary-general António Guterres warned on Sept. 13, with the release of a multi-agency scientific report reviewing the latest research on the subject. The report, led by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), warns that the world is “going in the wrong direction” on climate change. With greenhouse

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans higher in technical bounce; wheat firms

Bring focused approach to target systems, not producers says animal activist

Canada’s Food Price Report shows meat, pantry goods prices expected to rise “a lot” in 2026

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