Insights and Stories on Weather

Ahead of any emergency, plan for the worst

Mar. 20, 2020 at 7:39 pm CDT

Identify your resources and review your plan, says an expert in emergency planning for livestock. The COVID-19 pandemic is a very different type of emergency, said Rebecca Husted, a teacher of technical large animal emergency rescue. “Most disasters like fires and floods have people moving around, but in COVID-19, people […]

Unseasonal rain, hail damage winter crops in India

Mar. 16, 2020 at 7:27 pm CDT

By Mayank Bhardwaj

U.S. forecaster sees 65 per cent chance of no spring El Nino, La Nina

Mar. 12, 2020 at 1:44 pm CDT

By Reuters

Business risk management program reforms in development

Mar. 11, 2020 at 5:56 pm CDT

By D.C. Fraser

Feed weekly outlook: Soft demand weighs on prices

Mar. 5, 2020 at 7:31 pm CST

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Pulse weekly outlook: Conditions optimal for India’s winter crops

Mar. 3, 2020 at 12:41 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Cold weather in key growing regions of India could indicate high production levels for winter pulse crops. Heavy showers and colder temperatures in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh created “ideal conditions” for winter-sown pulses, according to India’s agriculture commissioner SK Malhotra. Malhotra explained that the output of the […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Chances of flooding in Manitoba depend on weather

Feb. 28, 2020 at 3:56 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Manitoba has issued its spring thaw forecast of 2020 — with high water levels coming for the Red River. That’s due to significant soil moisture levels left over from the fall and above-normal snow levels in the river’s U.S. watershed. “Our focus is currently on the Red River, […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Tile drainpipe supplier AccuPipe changes hands

Feb. 20, 2020 at 7:36 pm CST

Winkler drain tile manufacturer AccuPipe is back with its previous owners after a six-year stint under U.S. management. Precision Land Solutions (PLS) announced Friday it has bought the AccuPipe business — which makes HDPE tubing for the farm, commercial and construction tile drainage markets — from Minnesota-based manufacturer Prinsco for […]

By Dave Bedard

More tax deferral zones announced for ranchers

Feb. 18, 2020 at 5:27 pm CST

CORRECTED, Feb. 18 — More ranchers who were up against a dry 2019 may now be eligible to defer some income from their livestock sales for the income tax year. The federal government on Tuesday released the “final list” of designated regions where income tax deferral on sales of breeding […]

By GFM Staff

Peach grower awarded US$265 million in dicamba drift suit

Feb. 17, 2020 at 11:36 am CST

Reuters — A Missouri jury’s US$265 million award to peach grower Bill Bader in his lawsuit against herbicide providers Bayer and BASF has raised the stakes for the two companies as at least 140 similar cases head to U.S. courts later this year. A jury in U.S. District Court in […]

By Reuters