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Ignoring Trump, UN talks seek to turn climate pledges into action

By alister-doyle November 7, 2016

Morocco/Reuters – Almost 200 nations began work on Monday to turn promises for fighting climate change into action at a UN conference that played down threats to a 2015 global agreement if Republican Donald Trump wins the U.S. presidency. At the start of two-week talks in Morocco, many delegates wore badges with a smiling picture […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Weather, Winter Wheat

Winter cereal acres unclear due to wet conditions

By Jade Markus November 7, 2016

Commodity News Service Canada/Winnipeg – Variable conditions across Manitoba and Saskatchewan have made it difficult to estimate winter cereal acreage, the head of an industry group says. But crops that are in the ground have seen mostly favourable weather. Jake Davidson, executive director of Winter Cereals Canada Inc., said he’s waiting for data from Statistics […] Read more

A portion of a melting glacier calves off into the ocean. Photo: Thinkstock

Reuters, Weather

Arctic sea ice retreat pinned to individuals’ emissions-study

By alister-doyle November 7, 2016

Morocco/Reuters – Drive your car 4,000 km and its greenhouse gas emissions will melt three square metres (32 square feet) of ice on the Arctic Ocean, according to a new study that found a direct link between carbon dioxide and the shrinking ice. Examining long-term trends for ice floating on the ocean since the 1950s, […] Read more

Brown mustard. (Peggy Greb photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Markets, Weather

Mustard prices hang tough despite wet weather

By Dave Sims November 2, 2016

CNS Canada — Cold, wet weather that has downgraded the quality of some of Canada’s staple crops isn’t having the same effect on mustard, according to two experts on the specialty crop. While much of this year’s harvest is already over, a significant number of acres remains in Saskatchewan and Alberta, said Walter Dyck of […] Read more

Crops, Weather

FCC offers to bend terms for soaked Prairie growers

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff November 1, 2016

Canada’s federal farm lender says it will be flexible with qualifying Prairie crop growers facing financial trouble from a rain-soaked harvest season. Areas of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba have experienced “significant levels of rain in the last half of the growing season and snow since the beginning of October,” Farm Credit Canada said in a […] Read more

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Canola, Crops, Weather

Damp, tough canola at risk for spoilage

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff October 21, 2016

Some Prairie canola growers may now be able to get back to their unharvested canola, but the Canola Council of Canada warns that tough or damp canola can still be volatile, even at cooler outdoor temperatures. The Saskatchewan agriculture ministry on Wednesday reported “a few” growers in the province’s southeast were out harvesting canola last […] Read more

Crops, Grapes, Reuters, Weather

World wine output seen at four-year low

By Reuters October 21, 2016

Paris | Reuters –– Worldwide wine production is expected to fall this year to its lowest since 2012, chiefly due to adverse weather that sharply cut output in France and South America, wine body OIV estimated on Thursday. Global wine output is set to decrease by five per cent compared with last year to 259.5 […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Prairies tell a tale of two flax crops

By Phil Franz-Warkentin October 20, 2016

CNS Canada — A large portion of Canada’s flaxseed crop is still in the field, leaving questions over the size and quality of what will eventually be harvested. About a third of the flaxseed crop is still left in the field in Saskatchewan, by the estimate of Tom Leier, senior grain buyer with Scoular Special […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Reuters, Weather

Harvest woes rally canola, turn some farmers into winners

By Rod Nickel October 20, 2016

Winnipeg | Reuters –– As some Western Canada farmers watched rain and snow turn their ripening canola fields into bogs, Rob Stone could count his blessings. Harvest weather was kinder to his farm at Davidson, Sask., about 100 km southeast of Saskatoon, and Stone finished harvesting canola by mid-September. Then, when worries about four million […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Reuters, Weather

Smithfield sees pork operations back to normal Monday

By Jim Brumm October 17, 2016

Wilmington, N.C. | Reuters — Smithfield Foods expects to resume full production on Monday at its North Carolina meat operations, including the world’s largest pork plant, more than a week after Hurricane Matthew struck the U.S. Southeast and triggered widespread flooding in the state. Operations will get back to normal at Smithfield’s four North Carolina […] Read more

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Ignoring Trump, UN talks seek to turn climate pledges into action

Winter cereal acres unclear due to wet conditions

Arctic sea ice retreat pinned to individuals’ emissions-study

Mustard prices hang tough despite wet weather

FCC offers to bend terms for soaked Prairie growers

Damp, tough canola at risk for spoilage

World wine output seen at four-year low

Prairies tell a tale of two flax crops

Harvest woes rally canola, turn some farmers into winners

Smithfield sees pork operations back to normal Monday

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