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Departure from average precipitation for the period from Nov. 1, 2015 to Feb. 15, 2016. (Map courtesy AAFC)

Drought watch kept on Alberta, early spring expected

By Jade Markus February 18, 2016

CNS Canada — Above-average temperatures and limited precipitation could mean parts of the Prairies will struggle with soil moisture heading into the spring, according to one specialist. “The soil moisture that we have in the ground right now is similar to what we went into the winter with,” said Trevor Hadwen, agroclimate specialist with Agriculture […] Read more

Livestock, Weather

Drought-related tax deferral zones expand in West

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff February 2, 2016

More livestock producers in the West who had to sell breeding stock due to drought in the 2015 tax year will be able to defer some or most of that income at tax time. Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay on Tuesday announced more designated areas in all four western provinces where producers will be eligible […] Read more

Pacific Ocean sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies for the week centred on Jan. 6. (CPC.ncep.noaa.gov)

Livestock, Reuters, Weather

FAO seeks help for drought-ravaged Ethiopia

By Reuters January 15, 2016

Rome | Reuters — Ethiopia faces its worst drought in decades, leading the United Nations’ food agency to call on Friday for an emergency cash injection of US$50 million to help the country overcome the crisis. Crop production has fallen up to 90 per cent in some regions and failed completely in the country’s east, […] Read more

California’s Department of Water Resources gauges the snowpack in the Sierra Nevada mountains through manual surveys, such as this one in late December 2004. (Paul Hames photo, copyright California Department of Water Resources)

Crops, Reuters, Weather

Deep snow in California mountains offers hope in drought

By Sharon Bernstein December 31, 2015

Reuters — A cold, wet start to California’s winter has dumped nearly five feet of snow in the Sierra Nevada mountains, state water experts said Wednesday, fuelling hope that 2016 will bring enough precipitation to help offset four years of drought. Snow surveyors headed to the mountains in Phillips near Lake Tahoe on Wednesday for […] Read more

Holistic ranching, Livestock

Holistic Ranching: Drought mitigation

By Don Campbell December 7, 2015

The active part of the 2015 drought is behind us. While this is true it is important to recognize that the effects of the drought will linger for some time. One of the lingering effects of the drought is the stress and pressure it may cause in our families. This can be a serious situation […] Read more

Beef Cattle, News Roundup

Australia raises beef export forecast by 20 per cent

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff November 4, 2015

In mid-September Reuters reported that Australia raised its forecast for beef exports by 20 per cent as drought conditions worsened by an El Niño weather pattern forced farmers in the world’s third-largest exporter to maintain near-record slaughter rates. Beef exports are expected to total 1.225 million tonnes in the crop year to July 1, 2016, […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Spring Wheat, Weather, Winter Wheat

Drought to shrivel Ukrainian wheat harvest in 2016

By Pavel Polityuk, Reuters, GFM Network News November 2, 2015

Kiev — Severe drought across half of Ukraine has hit winter sowing and could sharply reduce the country’s 2016 wheat harvest, a senior state weather forecaster said on Monday. The drought, in which the central Dnipropetrovsk region suffered its driest autumn in 50 years, could lead to a 20 per cent year-on-year fall in the wheat […] Read more

Forages, Livestock

Recycle crop residues

Attach a chaff buncher to the back of your combine to collect straw and chaff

By Steve Kenyon October 26, 2015

Did you know that 80 per cent of what goes in the front of a cow comes out the back end? Most of us might think it is a waste and wonder why the cow is such an inefficient creation? Eighty per cent is wasted! If man made the cow, or at least a machine […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Pulses, Reuters

India’s drought a bonanza for Canadian pulse growers

By rajendra-jadhav, Rod Nickel October 14, 2015

Winnipeg/Mumbai | Reuters — Prices for Canadian pulses typically ease toward the end of the year but a recent dry spell in distant India, the world’s top producer and consumer, is driving them up. Back-to-back drought years for the first time in three decades has eroded India’s output of pulses and boosted imports. Global prices […] Read more

Wheat under irrigation on Ravenshoe Station near Hay, New South Wales. (Arthur Mostead photo courtesy Murray Darling Basin Authority/MDBA.gov.au)

Crops, Reuters, Weather

Drought exposes cracks in Australia’s acclaimed water market

By Colin Packham September 20, 2015

Sydney | Reuters — A pioneering Australian scheme to improve the management of water in the world’s driest inhabited continent is facing its first real test as an intensifying El Nino threatens crops and builds tensions between farmers and environmentalists. The three-year old management plan for the Murray-Darling basin, an area twice the size of […] Read more

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Sigurdson applauds Alberta farmers

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Tag Archives drought

Drought watch kept on Alberta, early spring expected

Drought-related tax deferral zones expand in West

FAO seeks help for drought-ravaged Ethiopia

Deep snow in California mountains offers hope in drought

Holistic Ranching: Drought mitigation

Australia raises beef export forecast by 20 per cent

Drought to shrivel Ukrainian wheat harvest in 2016

Recycle crop residues

India’s drought a bonanza for Canadian pulse growers

Drought exposes cracks in Australia’s acclaimed water market

Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field

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