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The Northern Lights over Winnipeg as seen from the International Space Station in January 2012. (NASA.gov)

Grain trade still wary of satellite-based StatsCan estimates

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin September 20, 2016

CNS Canada — Statistics Canada’s second attempt at using satellite imagery to determine the size of the country’s crops is in line with trade guesses when it comes to canola — but market participants are still taking the new methodology with a grain of salt. The model-based principal field crop estimates, released Tuesday, are calculated

Crop Report, Local news, Weather

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: No. 21

Conditions as of September 19, 2016

By Manitoba Agriculture September 19, 2016

Harvest 2016 continued across Manitoba, although wet weather, shorter days and heavy morning dews are impacting the number of acres harvested in any given day. Many crops are being harvested at tough or damp moisture levels, requiring aeration or artificial drying to achieve safe storage moisture levels. Some areas reported light frost events Thursday and

Livestock, Weather

California to limit pollutants from diesel exhaust to cow gas

By GFM Network News September 19, 2016

Reuters — California on Monday moved to restrict air pollutants from sources as diverse as diesel trucks and cow flatulence, the latest of several efforts in the most populous U.S. state to reduce emissions leading to climate change. Under a bill signed Monday by Democratic Governor Jerry Brown, the state will cut emissions of methane

Crops, Markets, Weather

U.S. grains: Rainy Midwest sparks rally in corn, soybeans

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen September 16, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rose 1.9 per cent on Friday as worries about rains delaying the Midwest harvest prompted traders to cover short positions ahead of the weekend, analysts said. Soybeans and wheat followed corn higher. Chicago Board of Trade December corn futures settled up seven cents at $3.37 per bushel (all

Harvest action on the evening of Aug. 28 near Domain, Man., south of Winnipeg. (Shannon VanRaes photo)

Crops, Weather

Rain expected for Prairies into weekend, next week

By GFM Network News, Jade Markus September 16, 2016

CNS Canada — Rain is going to slow weekend harvest progress in parts of the Prairies, though farmers in most areas will still be able to get into their fields, one meteorologist says. But as temperatures drop, some late-maturing crops may have been hit with frost damage. Showers are expected to slow weekend harvest activity

Weather, Weather Vane

Forecast: Only slight chances for any rain

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

By Daniel Bezte September 15, 2016

After a cool start to the week, thanks to a region of cool polar air, it looks like nice fall weather is going to return for the rest of this week and next. By Wednesday, cool high pressure will be sitting to our east and we should start to see a warm southerly flow around

Crops, Weather

Climate’s field software en route to Eastern Canada

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff September 14, 2016

San Francisco-based ag software firm and Monsanto subsidiary The Climate Corporation is making a run for the border with its Climate FieldView farm data suite. Appearing Wednesday at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show, company representatives announced their suite of digital farm data tools, Climate FieldView, will be offered for sale in Eastern Canada this winter, for

Crop Report, Local news, Weather

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: No. 20

Conditions as of September 12, 2016

By Manitoba Agriculture September 13, 2016

Wet weather over the past week slowed harvest progress in Manitoba. The recent weather is also impacting crop quality in spring wheat and barley. Some crops are being harvested at tough or damp moisture levels, requiring aeration or artificial drying to achieve safe storage moisture levels. Soybeans, grain corn and sunflowers are maturing quickly. Silage

Pacific Ocean surface temperature anomalies, in degrees Celsius, for the seven-day period centred on Aug. 31, 2016. (CPC.ncep.noaa.gov)

Livestock, Weather

U.S. agency reduces outlook for La Nina in 2016-17

By GFM Network News, Reuters September 8, 2016

New York | Reuters — A U.S. government weather forecaster reduced its outlook on Thursday for La Nina conditions to develop during the Northern Hemisphere fall and winter of 2016-17, saying neutral conditions were more likely. The Climate Prediction Center (CPC), an agency of the National Weather Service, said in a monthly forecast there was

Weather, Weather Vane

Forecast: Is the weather pattern switching?

Issued September 2, 2016 – Covering the period from September 7 to September 14, 2016

By Daniel Bezte September 8, 2016

Due to the September long weekend my deadline is a little earlier than usual, which means my confidence in this forecast will be fairly low. That said, I’ll do my best to generalize the expected weather over the upcoming seven-day period beginning Sept. 7. It doesn’t help that it looks like our weather pattern is

Daily Network News

Chinese pig farmers test fermented feeds as Beijing weans sector off U.S. soy

Deere settles U.S. right-to-repair lawsuit with $99 million fund, repair commitments

Klassen: Negative margins weigh on Western feeder cattle market

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