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File photo of wild horses running on grasslands in Nova Scotia’s remote Sable Island National Park Reserve. (Photo by Sarah Medill/Parks Canada/Handout via Reuters)
General, Reuters, Weather

Wild horses face unruly storms as Fiona nears East Coast

Damages feared to buildings, utilities, crops

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Ottawa | Reuters — Shaggy, long-maned wild horses grazing freely on the sandy grasslands of the crescent-shaped Sable Island in the North Atlantic are expected to come under the swipe of a powerful storm forecast to hit Eastern Canada this weekend. Hurricane Fiona, tracking northward after carving a destructive path through the Dominican Republic and […] Read more
A man stands inside his destroyed house in the rural zone of Cuey, in the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona, in El Seibo in the Dominican Republic on Sept. 20, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Ricardo Rojas)
General, Reuters, Weather

Atlantic Canada on Hurricane Fiona’s path, broad impact expected

Parts of Nova Scotia more vulnerable to flooding

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Reuters — Hurricane Fiona is headed toward Eastern Canada and is expected to reach its Atlantic region by Friday in what could be a severe weather event as the storm continues to gain strength, Canadian meteorologists said Wednesday. Fiona powered up to a Category 4 storm on Wednesday, packing winds as high as 215 km/h, […] Read more
American dog ticks wait for a host to walk by. Ticks carry bacteria that can cause diseases in human and animals alike.
Features, Livestock

Tick paralysis

Veterinary Case Study: These small insects can cause big health problems in livestock and pets alike

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Wyatt managed a community pasture southeast of Regina. Being an excellent horseman, one of the gratuities his job offered was starting young horses for clients, the opportunity to instill cow-sense into green horses while conditioning them, readying them for competition and ranch life.  Wyatt’s call conveyed panic. He had found a promising and expensive filly […] Read more
Pacific Ocean sea surface temperature anomalies (in degrees Celsius) for the week centred on Sept. 14, 2022. (CPC.ncep.noaa.gov)
General, Weather

La Nina set to continue for third year

Other weather patterns may override temporarily

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MarketsFarm — With fall soon upon North America, there’s nothing overly unusual with the continuation of La Nina, according to Drew Lerner, president of World Weather Inc. at Overland Park, Kansas. Going into its third year, some people might think this is the third consecutive La Nina — but Lerner said it’s the same one, […] Read more
Longview-area rancher Alex Robertson serves on the three-person committee that helps manage the 7U Brown Memorial Brown Trust Fund.
Features, Livestock

Memorial trust fund leaves legacy for needy ranchers

Fund continues to grow, but faces lack of qualified applicants

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Betty Lou Thompson is like many seniors, living in an assisted living lodge and drawing a monthly pension. However, the cowgirl originally from Sheridan, Wyoming, says the $140 she receives monthly from the 7U Brown Memorial Trust fund is her favourite. She started receiving the pension after she met its qualifications. The trust stipulates the […] Read more
(Baxter Black video screen grab via YouTube)
Livestock

U.S. cowboy poet and veterinarian Baxter Black, 77

Black appeared on Carson, NPR and in Grainews

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U.S. cowboy poet, storyteller and veterinarian Baxter Black, whose work was a fixture for years in farm journals including Grainews, died Friday at age 77, his family reported. Born in New York in 1945, Black grew up in southern New Mexico and graduated from Colorado State University in 1969. He later relocated from Colorado to […] Read more
blue green algae
Comment, Grazing

Pond scum: blue-green algae and cattle

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It’s a routine summer day of checking cattle, maybe repairing a bit of fence. Nothing too stressful, at least until you see the dugout you’re using as a water source for your cattle, which has algae in it. Now what? The first question is whether it’s blue-green algae, which can release toxins harmful to cattle, […] Read more
Lisa Thompson. (LisathompsonMPP.ca)
General

Ontario ag minister returns in another Tory majority

Lisa Thompson retains seat in election

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Ontario’s governing Progressive Conservatives will head back to the legislature with their incumbent agriculture minister at the caucus table. Lisa Thompson, Premier Doug Ford’s minister of agriculture, food and rural affairs since June last year, easily held her southwestern riding of Huron-Bruce in Thursday’s provincial election by a spread of 15,594 votes over Liberal challenger […] Read more
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General, Weather

Environment Canada sees cool summer for Manitoba

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MarketsFarm — Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan could be in for a cooler-than-normal summer, according to the latest long-range outlook from Environment Canada. The latest seasonal forecast from the government agency, released Tuesday, calls for a 40 to 80 per cent chance of below normal temperatures from June through August across all of the agricultural regions […] Read more

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