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Ice melts on the Aletsch Glacier in Fiesch, Switzerland, August 12, 2015. One of Europe’s biggest glaciers, the Great Aletsch coils 23 km (14 miles) through the Swiss Alps — and yet this mighty river of ice could almost vanish in the lifetimes of people born today because of climate change.

Climate change could cross key threshold in a decade — scientists

Exceeding global warming targets could mean drastic action is necessary

By Laurie Goering, Reuters October 5, 2016

The planet could pass a key target on world temperature rise in about a decade, prompting accelerating loss of glaciers, steep declines in water availability, worsening land conflicts and deepening poverty, scientists said last week. Last December, 195 nations agreed to try to hold world temperature rise to “well below” 2 C, with an aim of

Late radish may have to be protected from flea beetles.

Country Crossroads, Weather

Fresh garden vegetables — in the fall

With some planning and protection when needed some will produce well into October

By Albert Parsons October 4, 2016

The peas and beans have long ago been pulled up, the corn is about done, and other vegetables are objecting to cooler temperatures and light frosts. Although we can’t expect the same quantity of vegetables from our gardens as in midsummer, we can keep quite a few producing well into October. A bit of planning

Crop Report, Crops, Local news, Weather

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: No. 23

Conditions as of October 3, 2016

By Manitoba Agriculture October 3, 2016

Favourable weather conditions of warmer temperatures and minimal rainfall allowed for good harvest progress across most of Manitoba over the past week. Winter wheat and fall rye are emerging with excellent germination and stand establishment reported. Fall field work including post-harvest weed control, fall fertilizer applications, tillage and soil testing is on-going. Click here for

Local news, Weather

Carbon pricing coming to Manitoba: KAP wants farmers’ input to get best plan

Teleconference and webinar starts at 8 a.m. Oct. 4

By Allan Dawson September 30, 2016

Carbon pricing, which is aimed at mitigating climate change, is coming to Manitoba and the Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) want farmers’ input on how it should be done. To that end KAP has organized a conference call and webinar for farmers Tue. Oct. 4 at 8 a.m. to learn more about options and to hear

Weather

A detailed look at this year’s frost-free season

Winnipeg has shown the longest frost-free season of all the major Prairie stations

By Daniel Bezte September 30, 2016

I received a few emails asking me to look into frost and the length of the frost-free season in more depth, so that is what we are going to start off with. Years and years ago, back when I was working on my thesis in geography at the University of Winnipeg, I did some research

Weather, Weather Vane

Forecast: A chance of rain early next week

Issued September 26, 2016 – Covering the period from September 28 to October 5, 2016

By Daniel Bezte September 29, 2016

The strong storm system the weather models forecast last weekend to affect our region did materialize, but as usual with strong storms, it didn’t behave exactly as expected. Instead of coming in as one main system, it came through in waves of energy. It also took a more westerly and northerly track, which resulted in

Crops, Markets, Weather

U.S. grains: Soybeans, wheat edge higher on short-covering

By GFM Network News, Michael Hirtzer September 27, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and oilseed futures were mostly higher on Tuesday, with soybeans rebounding from an earlier five-month low on support from investor short-covering ahead of a U.S. Department of Agriculture quarterly stocks report due on Friday. Rainfall delayed the U.S. corn and soybean harvests, while heavy precipitation could curb wheat output

Crop Report, Local news, Weather

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: No. 22

Conditions as of September 26, 2016

By Manitoba Agriculture September 26, 2016

Producers in Manitoba continue to harvest spring cereals, canola, flax, edible beans and soybeans. The first acres of sunflowers and grain corn were also harvested. However, harvest progress was slowed over the weekend due to rainfall. Winter wheat and fall rye is emerging with excellent germination and stand establishment reported. Fall field work including post-harvest

Crops, Weather

Malt barley growers face tough questions in soggy Alberta

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News September 22, 2016

CNS Canada — Unseasonably wet conditions in Alberta this year are causing quality concerns for malt barley growers there. Harvest typically begins in late August for many growers, but steady downpours have forced delays across much of the province. “We actually started Sept. 1, but we only got two days in before it started to

Weather, Weather Vane

Forecast: A battle between high and low pressure

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

By Daniel Bezte September 22, 2016

Fall is usually a tough time of year to forecast as we begin our shift from summer to winter. This year looks like it might be tougher than most, since our summer weather pattern was pretty unpredictable. We saw a little of this last week. The storm system that was forecast to track by to

Daily Network News

The Canadian GMO mustard wars: Dijon vs canola

Australian farmers shift to less fertilizer-intensive crops as Iran war costs surge

India, Japan canola crops to be steady in 2026/27 – USDA