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Having a system in place for winter calving can reduce the risk of disease spread.
Livestock, News

Prepare for cold-weather calving

Adequate preparation for winter calving can help reduce the risk of disease spread

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The winter of 2022-23 has already been challenging for beef producers. With the ground not entirely frozen due to the insulation effect of early snows, many are set up for wet, muddy, and unsanitary conditions for calving. “For cattle operations that begin calving during this time, cows must have access to some type of confinement
Winter visitors to Wasagaming can glide down skating paths.
Farmit Manitoba

Riding Mountain National Park reclaims winter

After a difficult summer, activities resume in the national park

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Weather wasn’t kind for summer activities in 2022, but officials at Riding Mountain National Park hope 2023 will mark the return to a more normal year. Last year, the problems started early, said park spokesperson Dameon Wall. Major April snowstorms were followed by a whiplash of freeze and thaw conditions. The rest of the month
A frozen lake has its own austere beauty. 
Farmit Manitoba

The madness called ice fishing

SAFETY | Catching fish is always fun, but winter weather and ice conditions need to be respected

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Awhile back I asked our outdoorsy family friend, Terri, if she wanted to come ice fishing. She deferred, saying, “I like fishing. It’s the ‘ice’ part that I don’t like.” Like Terri, I think there is some mild insanity on display in the growing interest in the ‘hardwater’ fishing season, which really took off during
Weather Vane by Daniel Bezte
Weather, Weather Vane

Extreme cold hit western Prairies in December

The almanacs call for January to be colder and snowier than average

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In my last article, we began our look at the top weather stories across Canada in 2022, with particular emphasis on the Prairies. This week we will take a monthly look back and look ahead to see what might be in store over the next couple of months. It was an interesting December across the
Weather Vane by Daniel Bezte
Weather, Weather Vane

Winter forecasts can be a real mixed bag

With the first full month of winter past, it’s been all over the map

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Holy cow, it’s hard to believe we are into the last month of 2022. From a climatological point of view, we have just finished the first full month of winter across the Prairies. For those who are more astronomical, we are now entering the first full month of winter. No matter which way you view
Weather Vane by Daniel Bezte
Weather, Weather Vane

Getting a sense of snowfall probabilities

A big storm with more than 30 cm of snow is a once-in-10-years kind of event

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The number of recent weather questions has dropped to nothing. Maybe we have answered all the weather questions! Whenever this happens and nothing major has occurred weather-wise in our neck of the woods, I like to look back at some of my weather articles from the last 19 years. That’s right, by the end of
File photo of a field pea crop in western New South Wales, Australia. (Alfio Manciagli/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Australia’s winter pulse production mixed

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MarketsFarm — Australia’s 2022 winter pulse crop will see its ups and downs, according to a quarterly crop report released Tuesday by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES). Chickpeas saw the largest projected production decline, dropping 41.5 per cent from the 2021-22 marketing year to 621,000 tonnes this year, Australia’s
Pacific sea surface temperature anomalies in degrees Celsius for the week centred on Dec. 29, 2021. (CPC.ncep.noaa.gov)
Other, Weather

La Niña introduces itself with Prairie cold snap

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MarketsFarm — The frigid conditions which had enveloped the Prairie provinces in recent weeks is a sign La Niña has come again, according to a Kansas-based meteorologist. Since mid-December, the Prairies have been in a deep freeze beginning with temperatures at least 10 C below-normal. Since the holiday season, many towns and cities in the
Muscular activity can keep horses warm in the winter.
Livestock

How does a horse stay warm in the winter?

Horse Health: The natural coping mechanisms of horses should be encouraged rather than suppressed

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The horse is remarkably adapted and adept at staying warm as the winter season arises and temperatures plunge into the double digits. In order to satisfy its body’s needs for generating warmth the horse requires resources to do so. If the horse’s environment and circumstance do not meet the requirements of the horse to physiologically thermoregulate and generate
Weather Vane by Daniel Bezte
Weather, Weather Vane

‘But it’s a dry cold?’ It’s all dry cold

Winter air is just straight-up dry, no matter the relative humidity

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A few years back I wrote an article on the whole idea of “… but it’s a dry cold.” I mentioned it was one of those weather sayings that really gets under my skin, to the point that I just cannot keep my mouth shut when I hear it. Honestly, I will butt into a

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