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MASC had a record number of hail claims and payouts in 2016.

Record hail claims, payouts for MASC in 2016

The big white combine took a heavy toll in Manitoba this year

By Allan Dawson November 8, 2016

This was a hail of a year for a lot of Manitoba farmers — in fact, it was a record. The Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC) received 4,700 hail claims in 2016 and has so far paid out more than $43 million on destroyed or damaged insured crops, David Koroscil, Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation’s acting

Weather

Last five years were hottest on record

By Alister Doyle, GFM Network News November 8, 2016

Morocco/Reuters – The past five years were the hottest on record with mounting evidence that heat waves, floods and rising sea levels are stoked by man-made climate change, the United Nations weather agency said on Tuesday. Some freak weather events would have happened naturally but the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said greenhouse gas emissions had

A canola field in northwestern Saskatchewan on Oct. 5, 2016 after the area was blanketed by wet snow. (Lisa Guenther photo)

Crops, Weather

Warm spell raises hopes as Canadian farmers race to finish harvest

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel November 7, 2016

Winnipeg/Reuters – Unusually warm temperatures in Western Canada are raising farmers’ hopes of a strong finish to a growing season of highs and lows, easing investors’ worries about the late harvest. Summer-like weather in Saskatchewan and Alberta, the two biggest wheat and canola-growing provinces in Canada — a top global exporter of both crops —

The Paris Agreement seeks to phase out greenhouse gas emissions this century. Photo: Thinkstock

Weather

Ignoring Trump, UN talks seek to turn climate pledges into action

By Alister Doyle, GFM Network News November 7, 2016

Morocco/Reuters – Almost 200 nations began work on Monday to turn promises for fighting climate change into action at a UN conference that played down threats to a 2015 global agreement if Republican Donald Trump wins the U.S. presidency. At the start of two-week talks in Morocco, many delegates wore badges with a smiling picture

Cereals, Crops, Weather

Winter cereal acres unclear due to wet conditions

By GFM Network News, Jade Markus November 7, 2016

Commodity News Service Canada/Winnipeg – Variable conditions across Manitoba and Saskatchewan have made it difficult to estimate winter cereal acreage, the head of an industry group says. But crops that are in the ground have seen mostly favourable weather. Jake Davidson, executive director of Winter Cereals Canada Inc., said he’s waiting for data from Statistics

A portion of a melting glacier calves off into the ocean. Photo: Thinkstock

Weather

Arctic sea ice retreat pinned to individuals’ emissions-study

By Alister Doyle, GFM Network News November 7, 2016

Morocco/Reuters – Drive your car 4,000 km and its greenhouse gas emissions will melt three square metres (32 square feet) of ice on the Arctic Ocean, according to a new study that found a direct link between carbon dioxide and the shrinking ice. Examining long-term trends for ice floating on the ocean since the 1950s,

Weather, Weather Vane

Forecast: Warm fall weather to continue

Issued October 31, 2016 – Covering the period from November 2 to November 9, 2016

By Daniel Bezte November 3, 2016

I’m not sure if this will be a good-news or bad-news forecast. With many regions having wet fields, a number of farmers to whom I’ve spoken want cold weather to move in so the ground can freeze up. If you’re in that boat, then this will not be a great forecast. As usual, confidence in

Brown mustard. (Peggy Greb photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Markets, Weather

Mustard prices hang tough despite wet weather

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News November 2, 2016

CNS Canada — Cold, wet weather that has downgraded the quality of some of Canada’s staple crops isn’t having the same effect on mustard, according to two experts on the specialty crop. While much of this year’s harvest is already over, a significant number of acres remains in Saskatchewan and Alberta, said Walter Dyck of

Crops, Weather

FCC offers to bend terms for soaked Prairie growers

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 1, 2016

Canada’s federal farm lender says it will be flexible with qualifying Prairie crop growers facing financial trouble from a rain-soaked harvest season. Areas of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba have experienced “significant levels of rain in the last half of the growing season and snow since the beginning of October,” Farm Credit Canada said in a

Weather, Weather Vane

Forecast: Mild autumn weather to continue

Issued October 24, 2016 – Covering the period from October 26 to November 2, 2016

By Daniel Bezte October 27, 2016

Another tough forecast period coming up — not because of any strong storm systems, but rather because we appear to be stuck with a weak steering flow, along with fairly weak weather systems. Add these together and they make for tough day-to-day forecasting. Last week’s weather was much the same, and while the overall forecast

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Weather

Record hail claims, payouts for MASC in 2016

Last five years were hottest on record

Warm spell raises hopes as Canadian farmers race to finish harvest

Ignoring Trump, UN talks seek to turn climate pledges into action

Winter cereal acres unclear due to wet conditions

Arctic sea ice retreat pinned to individuals’ emissions-study

Forecast: Warm fall weather to continue

Mustard prices hang tough despite wet weather

FCC offers to bend terms for soaked Prairie growers

Forecast: Mild autumn weather to continue

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