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(Fertilizer Safety and Security Council)
Crops, Weather

Mandated cuts in fertilizer use could be costly for Canada, report warns

Fertilizer industry study, based on EU plan, points to yield losses for corn, canola, wheat

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Straight-up cuts in fertilizer rates — if imposed to help Canada meet its targets for cuts in emissions by the end of this decade — could translate to significantly reduced income for farmers, an industry group warns. Fertilizer Canada, the group representing manufacturers, wholesale and retail distributors for nitrogen, phosphate, potash and sulphur, on Monday
Weather Vane by Daniel Bezte
Other, Weather, Weather Vane

Weather: Almost summer-like temperatures ahead

Forecast covering the period from Sept. 29 to Oct. 6

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For the first time in a while, my last forecast was pretty darned close. We saw the nice warm temperatures early on, the late-week/early-weekend cool-down, then the return of warm temperatures to begin this week. For this forecast period, it looks like the warm, almost summer-like temperatures will continue as we move into early October.
Local resident John Smith holds his 18-month-old son Owen near breaking waves on a pier ahead of the arrival of Tropical Storm Nicholas at Galveston, Texas on Sept. 13.
Other, Weather

Why do hurricanes turn to the east?

The flow of air out of our hemisphere’s deserts creates our prevailing winds

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With school starting up and gardening and home renos still taking a big chunk of my time, I must admit I am still not finished looking at all the summer weather numbers (I am beginning to sound like some of my students). Next article, I will get to those summer numbers, I promise. So, for
File photo of a pea crop south of Ethelton, Sask. on Aug. 1, 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Markets, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: Pea protein in demand despite falling yields

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MarketsFarm — Very few crops took more of a hit during the drought-stricken summer of 2021 than dry peas. Meanwhile, firm international demand and tightening stocks will raise pea prices even higher. According to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s (AAFC) latest field crop estimates released Friday, pea production dropped 45 per cent at 2.527 million tonnes
Weather Vane by Daniel Bezte
Other, Weather, Weather Vane

Weather: Forecast models trending back to warm

Forecast covering the period from Sept. 22 to Sept. 29

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It has been kind of interesting watching the weather models over the last couple of weeks. They keep trying to forecast cold air pushing south, but areas of low pressure seem to keep developing to our southwest and west. The counter-clockwise rotation around these lows stalls the southward progression of the cold air as warm
CBOT December 2021 corn (candlesticks) with 20-, 100- and 200-day moving averages (yellow, green and black lines). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Weather

U.S. grains: Corn, soy jump despite rising harvest as oil, equities gain

Accelerating harvest amid dry U.S. forecast caps gains

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rebounded on Wednesday from four sessions of declines in a technical and fund-buying bounce fueled by rising crude oil and equities markets, more than offsetting seasonal pressure from an accelerating U.S. harvest. Soybean and wheat futures also advanced as global economic jitters eased and the dollar weakened. The
File photo of emerging durum south of Griffin, Sask. on May 31, 2019. (Leeann Minogue photo)
Crops, Weather

BASF warns on seeding choices for drought-hit imi-treated fields

Steer clear of non-Clearfield canola, durum, canary seed in rotations, company says

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Updated, Sept. 22 — The maker of Odyssey, Solo and Viper is warning grain growers whose fields were excessively dry in 2021 that those herbicides may not break down soon enough in those soils to allow certain seeding choices in 2022. BASF Canada on Monday issued an “urgent notice to growers” in which the company
Date of average first fall frost.
Other, Weather

Fall frost and the frost-free season

Temperatures at thermometer level can be warmer — or cooler — than at crop level

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Due to a busy start to my school year, I need a bit more time to dig deeper into last summer’s weather numbers. So, for this article I had a choice of a couple of questions that were sent to me over the last couple of weeks. The first one had to do with why

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