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Prairie Forecast Update: Warmer air not in the cards

Issued Oct. 29, covering Oct. 29 to Nov. 1

By Daniel Bezte, GFM Network News October 30, 2023

The forecast for this period has been playing out pretty close to what the weather models were predicting, but with a few small differences. For Alberta, the forecasted upper ridge does not look like it will get nearly as strong as originally forecasted as a strong northwesterly flow helps to flatten the ridge. This means […] Read more

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Canada to boost carbon tax rebate for rural areas

Will also pause carbon tax on home heating oil for three years

By Ismail Shakil, Nia Williams, GFM Network News October 28, 2023

Ottawa | Reuters — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday announced a three-year carbon tax exemption for home heating oil and higher carbon tax rebates for people in rural areas, measures he said were intended to bring relief amid soaring costs of living. Trudeau’s Liberal government has implemented a price on carbon to combat […] Read more

Brenna Mahoney, general manager of Keystone Agriculture Producers, speaks during a panel discussion at the Agriculture Enlightened conference in Winnipeg on Oct. 26. (Geralyn Wichers photo)

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Think outside the agriculture box for labour, ag and tech leaders say

Agriculture in the Classroom is reaching non-farming students with inspiration for ag jobs, panelists say

By Geralyn Wichers, GFM Network News October 26, 2023

Ag and tech leaders encouraged employers to think outside the agricultural box when looking to hire workers in order to expand the labour pool. “I’m one of the lucky ones,” said Brenna Mahoney, general manager of Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP). Mahoney entered the industry with no agriculture experience. She had training in human resources and […] Read more

Fresh snow on an ornamental crabapple tree in Winnipeg, Oct. 25, 2023. (Dave Bedard photo)

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Prairie Forecast: Arctic high slowly moving out

Issued Oct. 25, covering Oct. 25 to Nov. 1

By Daniel Bezte, GFM Network News October 26, 2023

As is often the case at this time of the year, the weather models got the general picture right, but the finer details were much to be desired. Usually, the models struggle with the forecast beyond two to five days out, but for much of this forecast period they struggled with the finer details on […] Read more

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Carbon tax exemption bill C-234 clears Senate committee

Divided senators defeated an amendment to make it more difficult to extend the bill's sunset clause

By Geralyn Wichers, GFM Network News October 25, 2023

In final committee deliberations on Oct. 24, an amendment that would make it more difficult to extend the bill’s sunset clause was defeated with a tied vote.

People gather around trucks carrying humanitarian aid that entered the Gaza Strip from Egypt via the Rafah border crossing on October 21, 2023. The first of 20 trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered the war-torn and besieged Gaza Strip on October 21 through the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, said AFP correspondents on both sides. Photo: Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto.

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Foodgrains Bank calls for urgent aid in Gaza

Humanitarian groups have had limited access to the besieged area

By Glacier FarmMedia staff, Reuters, GFM Network News October 23, 2023

Over 6,000 men, women and children in Israel and Gaza have died in two weeks of conflict, the Foodgrains Bank said. More than 1.4 million people have been displaced. As a member of the Humanitarian Coalition, the Foodgrains Bank is working with partner organizations and local groups to bring humanitarian assistance to the area.

A black-billed magpie in Edmonton on Oct. 19, 2023. (Photo: Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Reuters)

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Prairie Forecast Update: Cold and some snow coming

Issued Oct. 22, covering Oct. 22 to 25

By Daniel Bezte, GFM Network News October 22, 2023

I have been waiting to see if the weather models were going to come into agreement on the upcoming shift on our weather pattern and for the most part, they have: it’s going to get cold! A large area of low pressure has formed over the eastern Arctic and the counterclockwise rotation around that low […] Read more

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Senate committee pulls barn, greenhouse heating from carbon exemption bill

Groups expressed disappointment over the amendment, which will also slow the bill’s progress

By Geralyn Wichers, GFM Network News October 20, 2023

Groups expressed disappointment over an amendment to Bill C-234, which will not only remove barn and greenhouse heating from a proposed exemption from the carbon price but will also delay the bill’s progress.

File photo of the northern lights over snow and stubble on a Saskatchewan field. (Nancy Anderson/iStock/Getty Images)

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Prairie Forecast: Warmer, colder… then snow?

Issued Oct. 18, covering Oct. 18-25

By Daniel Bezte, GFM Network News October 18, 2023

Not surprisingly for this time of the year, the last forecast didn’t play out exactly as expected, but overall, it was pretty darn close. The large area of high pressure that was forecasted to develop over the northern Prairies and slowly drop southward did just as forecast, but over the first few days the high […] Read more

Canada’s latest food prices report predicts overall food prices will rise five to seven per cent in 2022, the highest predicted rise in its 12-year history of the report. Photo: wildpixel/iStock/Getty Images

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Anxiety over cost of food on the rise: CCFI

Food companies increasingly blamed for prices; farmers seen as highly trustworthy

By Glacier FarmMedia staff, GFM Network News October 17, 2023

When asked which life issues they were most concerned about, 54 per cent flagged the cost of food as a top concern—up from 51 per cent last year, the report said.

New Quebec ag minister named in shuffle

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures fall on expectations of US agriculture secretary announcement

Agrichemicals firm Corteva explores splitting seed and pesticide units, WSJ reports

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New Quebec ag minister named in shuffle

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures fall on expectations of US agriculture secretary announcement

Agrichemicals firm Corteva explores splitting seed and pesticide units, WSJ reports

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Prairie Forecast Update: Warmer air not in the cards

Canada to boost carbon tax rebate for rural areas

Think outside the agriculture box for labour, ag and tech leaders say

Prairie Forecast: Arctic high slowly moving out

Carbon tax exemption bill C-234 clears Senate committee

Foodgrains Bank calls for urgent aid in Gaza

Prairie Forecast Update: Cold and some snow coming

Senate committee pulls barn, greenhouse heating from carbon exemption bill

Prairie Forecast: Warmer, colder… then snow?

Anxiety over cost of food on the rise: CCFI

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