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U.S. livestock: Fund selloff sinks CME live cattle to 4-month low

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Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell to their lowest level in four months on Monday, hit by fund selling and Friday’s bearish U.S. government cattle report, traders said. Last Friday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture monthly Cattle-On-Feed report showed ranchers in October placed the highest number of cattle in feed lots
Weather Vane by Daniel Bezte
Other, Weather, Weather Vane

La Niña developing in time for winter

Just how powerful the weather phenomenon will be this season is still up in the air

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I must begin with a bit of an apology. I had promised that we would be looking at trends in overnight temperatures across the Prairies this week, but we will not be able to cover it this time around. As I was working on the final crunching of the data I realized that I had
Most of Manitoba has decent soil moisture, but there’s still plenty of concern in other parts of Western Canada.
Crops, News, Weather

Parched Prairies settle in for frigid winter

Big portions of Western Canada remain very dry headed into winter

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Much of Manitoba may have adequate soil moisture, but the same can’t be said for your colleague to the west. Timely snows will be badly needed this winter to insulate drought-stricken areas of Western Canada from what are expected to be cold temperatures. Multiple areas of southern Saskatchewan are locked in a D-4 drought, which
Weather Vane by Daniel Bezte
Other, Weather, Weather Vane

Forecast: Winter here to stay?

Issued November 6, 2017: Covering the period from November 8 to November 15

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Last week’s forecast played out close to what the weather models predicted. The main difference was that last weekend’s low moved through southern and central regions a day earlier than expected. It also wasn’t able to tap into as much warm air as originally anticipated, resulting in the first widespread significant snowfall of the season.
Weather Vane by Daniel Bezte
Other, Weather, Weather Vane

Forecast: Back to more typical weather

Issued October30, 2017: Covering the period from November 1 to November 8

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It’s looking more and more like winter is moving in early this year. Last year, at this time, we were looking at several weeks of warm record-breaking temperatures; this year, while not record-breaking cold, it looks to be much more like winter. Last week’s forecast played out pretty close to what was expected, with the
Other, Weather

Wind, heat, thunder and snow!

Our winters don’t have enough warm air to produce hail, but enough for ice pellets

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In my last article, I said we’d continue our discussion on cold-weather precipitation, but before diving back into that icy topic there have been a few unique weather events across our region that deserve a bit of a closer look. The first event was the high winds that worked their way across the three Prairie
Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister, shown here in April 2016. (Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Weather

Farm fuel to be exempt from Manitoba carbon tax

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Farm fuel will be exempt from a carbon tax, Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister said in an interview Thursday on the eve of announcing his government’s Made-in-Manitoba Climate and Green Plan. “It does exempt some farm costs — farm fuel, for example,” he said. “I know we’ll get pushback from some industry groups that are not
Weather Vane by Daniel Bezte
Other, Weather, Weather Vane

Forecast: A return to seasonable weather

Issued October 23, 2017: Covering the period from October 25 to November 1

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After a week of unusual fall weather across our region, this forecast period looks to be a little more seasonable. Luckily for us, in last week’s forecast the colder air that was to move in late last weekend didn’t really materialize, and warmer-than-expected temperatures carried over into the first half of this week. The main

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