Insights and Stories on Weather

May. 12, 2023 at 1:26 pm CDT

With farmers beginning to hit the fields across the Prairies, Glacier FarmMedia’s Gord Gilmour sat down with Bruce Burnett, director of markets and weather for MarketsFarm, to talk about just how late this spring really is, how fast we’ll catch up and about those fires in Alberta and what they […]

Aug. 20, 2021 at 10:15 am CDT

As drought grips Western Canada and parts of Ontario, producers need to watch water quality and mineral consumption. Dr. Cheryl Waldner, professor and research chair at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, says that total dissolved solids and sulphates are two issues that farmers and ranchers should be testing for […]

By Lisa Guenther

Jul. 1, 2021 at 11:51 pm CDT

As Canadian and U.S. carbon markets heat up, big ag companies are throwing their hats into the carbon offset program ring and looking to recruit farmers to produce those offsets. This June, fertilizer giant Nutrien rolled out a plan to expand its pilot carbon program which began last year. With […]

By Geralyn Wichers

Dec. 28, 2018 at 2:46 pm CST

After a hot, dry summer in the Cypress Hills, Rick Toney knew some budgeting was in order to ensure his cows would be properly fed this winter. Toney, who ranches near Gull Lake, Sask., and serves as the chair of the Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association, runs around 500 cows in addition […]

By Piper Whelan

Oct. 27, 2017 at 8:27 am CDT

Inclement weather creates challenges when processing cattle, whether preg-checking, vaccinating or weaning in the fall, or giving cows pre-calving vaccinations, or delousing treatments in midwinter. Dr. Eric Laporte of Nagel and Company Veterinary Services, Cow-Calf Health Management Solutions in Crossfield, Alta., says one of the main challenges in cold weather […]

By — Heather Smith Thomas