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Food, farming, forestry must be transformed to curb global warming, UN says

Apr. 6, 2022 at 1:53 am CDT

Reuters — Protecting forests, changing diets, and altering farming methods could contribute around a quarter of the greenhouse gas cuts needed to avert the worst impacts of climate change, according to the United Nations’ climate panel. But the changes are unlikely to happen unless governments act to spur them along, […]

Pulse weekly outlook: Saskatchewan growers wait for rain

Apr. 5, 2022 at 5:38 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

U.N. to roll out global early-warning systems for extreme weather

Mar. 23, 2022 at 8:43 pm CDT

By Gloria Dickie

CBOT weekly outlook: Grain markets rangebound

Mar. 23, 2022 at 2:12 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

Spring road bans coming into effect across Prairies

Mar. 15, 2022 at 12:34 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Saskatchewan pushes crop insurance deadline to mid-April

Mar. 14, 2022 at 8:27 pm CDT

Saskatchewan farmers will get an extra couple of weeks to apply for, cancel, reinstate or change their crop insurance contracts for 2022, due to holdups in the delivery of their application packages. That deadline, originally March 31, has now been extended to April 14, provincial Ag Minister David Marit and […]

By Dave Bedard

Most of Prairies still very dry, but recovery possible

Mar. 11, 2022 at 7:08 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Despite the Prairies receiving above-normal amounts of precipitation during February, the great majority of the region remained highly vulnerable to more dryness going into spring, according to the Canadian Drought Monitor. The monitor’s latest report showed those areas of the Prairies tackling extreme drought to have retracted somewhat. […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Environment Canada calls for colder-than-normal Prairie spring

Feb. 28, 2022 at 7:42 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Colder-than-normal temperatures are in the long-range forecast across most of the Canadian Prairies, according to the latest long-range outlook from Environment Canada. The latest seasonal forecast from the government agency, released Monday, calls for a 40-50 per cent chance of below-normal temperatures from March through May for most […]

By MarketsFarm

Saskatchewan forage rainfall insurance to adjust for hot spells

Feb. 22, 2022 at 8:16 pm CST

Saskatchewan forage and corn growers whose crops are insured against below-normal rainfall can expect a beneficial bump starting this year if those crops get cooked in high heat. The Saskatchewan and federal governments on Tuesday announced details for their 2022 crop insurance program — under which average coverage is expected […]