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Crop data system in beta for Western Canada

Climate Corp.’s Climate FieldView system is already on offer down East

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A Monsanto arm’s farm data suite, already being offered for sale in Eastern Canada for use this spring, is in beta testing toward a rollout later this year in Western Canada. Management from Monsanto and its farm data systems arm, The Climate Corp., speaking on a conference call Jan. 5, said they see a launch
Weather Vane by Daniel Bezte
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Forecast: Is a winter heat wave moving in?

Issued January 9, 2017 – Covering the period from January 11 to January 18, 2017

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It seems we are moving into a pattern of cold and settled weather, interspersed with periods of warm and active weather. The current medium-range forecast looks to support this. This forecast period will begin on the cold side as an area of arctic high pressure builds southward behind a Colorado low that passed by to
A lot of severe summer weather in 2016
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A lot of severe summer weather in 2016

Manitoba, in an unusual twist, topped Alberta for the number of severe hail events in 2016

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With the beginning of a new year comes the usual list of top 10 things about the previous year, and in the category of weather, this really appears to be the case. There are the top 10 Prairie weather stories, top 10 Canadian weather stories, and the top 10 world weather stories, which often tend
Stripe rust overwintered further north than usual going into the 2016 growing season, Cargill’s Linda Freitag said at SWAC. (OMAFRA photo)
Crops, Weather

Greig: Lessons learned from Ontario crops’ pest pressures

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The warmer winter and subsequent drought defined the 2016 cropping season in Ontario, resulting in more disease and insect pressures and then challenges managing them. Three agronomists gave an overview of the 2016 cropping season at the SouthWest Agricultural Conference in Ridgetown, outlining challenges and wins for the year. Leanne Freitag, Cargill’s manager of agronomy
Weather Vane by Daniel Bezte
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Forecast: Typical mid-winter weather

Issued December 31, 2016 – Covering the period from January 4 to January 11, 2017

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After a fairly active last week of December, it looks as though January will start off on the quiet side. High pressure looks to dominate our weather pattern over the next week or two, with the main storm track expected to stay to our south. A ridge of arctic high pressure is forecast to slowly
A very wet canola field in St. Andrews, Man. this past July.
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A warm and relatively wet 2016

November was the hottest month compared to average, breaking some records in Manitoba

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I know the year isn’t quite done yet, but I really want to take a look back and see just how the numbers turned out for our weather across the Prairies this year. I figure the best way to do this is to look back month by month, then do an overall summary of the
Weather Vane by Daniel Bezte
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Forecast: Battle between warm and cold setting up

Issued December 19, 2016 – Covering the period from December 21 to December 28, 2016

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Our nine days of brutally cold air have ended; that’s right, this little cold snap was only nine days long, but from what I was hearing, you’d think it was the entire month! The lobe of cold arctic air that brought the cold weather has finally weakened and moved off to the east, allowing the
The sun sets over frozen prairie fields near Rosser, Manitoba as temperatures dip below -30 degrees Celsius in mid-December.
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Christmases have been relatively storm-free

In a contest for the coldest-ever Christmas Eve on the Prairies, Winnipeg would win

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The holiday season is about traditions, and with Christmas and the holiday season just around the corner it’s time once again to do my traditional look at Christmas weather across the Prairies — in particular, a look back to see what the warmest and coldest Christmases were, and to see if there have ever been
Farm land owner Boris Michaleski (left) and IMCD technician Aaron Kulbacki stand at one of two dry dam sites constructed earlier this year on Michaleski’s farm land to temporarily hold back water during peak flows.
Local news, Weather

Farm-based dry dams to help reduce downstream flooding

Intermountain Conservation District built two dry dams in 2016 on a 
Keld-area farm that will hold water temporarily on farmland – the landowner sees gains from doing so

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Road washouts, soil erosion and other water-related damage are nothing new to any municipality, but some parts of Manitoba are especially vulnerable. Those living and farming around Riding Mountain National Park are all too familiar with the kind of havoc water rushing downstream creates. With the steepest slopes in the province in their region, Inter-Mountain
Weather Vane by Daniel Bezte
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Forecast: Arctic high pressure to dominate

Issued December 12, 2016 – Covering the period from December 14 to December 21, 2016

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We definitely have switched into winter, with most areas seeing a dramatic switch last week as the predicted snowstorm hit, ending our record warm spell. The weather pattern looks to be quiet across our region for this forecast period as cold arctic high pressure dominates our weather, but we will have to keep a cautious eye on

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