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Prairie forecast: Temperatures to warm up

Aug. 7, 2024 at 9:41 am CDT

For this forecast period, it's looking like the forecasted strong area of high pressure is going to dominate the weather across the Prairies. This should bring plenty of sunshine and warming temperatures. Overnight lows look to be seasonable, so at this point it doesn't look like we'll see heat warnings—but as usual you just never know.

Agriculture community invited to ‘talk it out’ about mental health via free online platform

Aug. 1, 2024 at 10:59 am CDT

By Geralyn Wichers

Farm writer and political fundraiser Mark Kihn passes

Jul. 31, 2024 at 12:53 pm CDT

By Lisa Guenther

Prairie forecast: Cooler weather coming, but little precipitation

Jul. 31, 2024 at 9:27 am CDT

By Daniel Bezte

Prairie forecast: More typical summer weather

Jul. 10, 2024 at 9:47 am CDT

By Daniel Bezte

Indigenous ag projects get financial stepping stone

Jul. 5, 2024 at 10:37 am CDT

Glacier FarmMedia – Food is expensive in the rural North. In 2018, a litre of skim milk was worth $1.55 in Winnipeg and $2.23 in a northern Indigenous community with an all-weather road. Without the road, a resident would pay $2.65. It’s the same story for produce. Carrots cost $1.82 […]

By Miranda Leybourne

Prairie forecast: A slow slide into summer

Jun. 26, 2024 at 9:52 am CDT

For a change, this forecast period starts of with weak high pressure in place across the Prairies. This brings a mix of sun and clouds and near-average temperatures. Any below-average temperatures are the thanks to the return flow behind the strong area of low pressure which, as predicted, tracked across the central and northern Prairies and brought all sorts of severe weather earlier this week.

By Daniel Bezte

Farm equity, asset values up in 2023: StatCan

Jun. 20, 2024 at 2:11 pm CDT

The total equity of the Canadian farm sector rose nearly eight per cent in 2023 while farm assets rose more than seven per cent according to Statistics Canada’s 2023 balance sheet.

By Geralyn Wichers

Prairie soil scientist and author Les Henry, 83

Jun. 14, 2024 at 7:42 pm CDT

Glacier FarmMedia — Saskatchewan soil scientist Les Henry, well known for his work on improving Prairie farmland and his outreach to Prairie farmers in the pages of Grainews, has died. Ending a long fight with congestive heart failure, Henry died Friday in Saskatoon at age 83, having continued to write […]

By Dave Bedard

Feds announce early livestock tax deferral

Jun. 14, 2024 at 3:10 pm CDT

Livestock producers in drought-affected areas are getting and early livestock tax deferral (LTD) for the 2024 season. The federal government said the situation has become more challenging for producers due to climate change, when announcing a list of regions eligible for the deferral on June 14. The LTD allows producers […]

By Alexis Kienlen

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