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Prairie Forecast Update: Low to push across region’s east

Jun. 26, 2023 at 2:42 pm CDT

There has been a little bit of a shift in the overall weather pattern according to the latest weather model runs. The arctic high is dropping east-southeast as expected and will be around James Bay by the middle of this week. Along the southern boundary of the arctic air, the […]

Can governments work together for the sake of ag?

Jun. 23, 2023 at 10:06 am CDT

By Jonah Grignon

Prairie Forecast: Shift in the pattern

Jun. 21, 2023 at 8:24 pm CDT

By Daniel Bezte

Canada retools inflation baskets with more focus on food, gas

Jun. 20, 2023 at 12:54 pm CDT

By David Ljunggren

Prairie Forecast: Alberta low looks to dominate

Jun. 14, 2023 at 8:20 pm CDT

By Daniel Bezte

Western Canada covered in smoke as wildfires loosen grip on Quebec

Jun. 12, 2023 at 8:27 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — Smoke shrouded Western Canada on Monday as wildfires flared again in the main oil-producing province of Alberta, while firefighters in Quebec doused some of the worst early-season blazes, allowing thousands of evacuees to return home. Canada is enduring its most destructive start to wildfire season, with […]

By Ismail Shakil

Drought expands across Canadian Prairies

Jun. 12, 2023 at 8:05 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Warm and dry conditions across much of the Prairies in May caused drought conditions to worsen, especially in Alberta, according to the latest Drought Monitor report from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. As of May 31, an estimated 79 per cent of the Prairie region was classified as abnormally […]

By MarketsFarm

Prairie Forecast: Switch in pattern but summer sticking around

Jun. 9, 2023 at 1:32 pm CDT

The weather models are doing a good job handling all the heat and humidity that has been driving thunderstorms and breaking temperature records across the eastern half of the Prairies over the last week. To the west it has been a little cooler and drier, with not as much instability […]

By Daniel Bezte

International help rolls in to fight unyielding Canadian wildfires

Jun. 8, 2023 at 3:47 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — Allies around the world are promising to boost support for Canada’s fight against hundreds of blazes amid the country’s worst-ever start to wildfire season, which is fueling concerns about the worsening consequences of climate change. Forest fires continued to burn across Canada on Thursday, forcing thousands […]

By Ismail Shakil Nia Williams

Ontario extends deadline to lock in RMP coverage

Jun. 6, 2023 at 7:10 pm CDT

Grain and oilseed growers and cattle, hog, sheep and veal producers in Ontario now get until June 30 this year to secure coverage under that province’s Risk Management Program (RMP). The province on May 29 announced the deadlines for grain and oilseed producers to submit their completed RMP applications and […]

By Dave Bedard