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Aug. 30, 2022 at 7:49 pm CDT

Many of the Prairie livestock producers forced by drought to make “difficult herd management decisions” in the 2022 income tax year are now eligible to defer the taxable income from those decisions. Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau on Tuesday released the initial list of designated regions in Alberta, Manitoba and […]

By Dave Bedard

Aug. 23, 2022 at 2:34 pm CDT

MarketsFarm – While some areas of Alberta continued to struggle with a lack of precipitation and higher temperatures, Alberta Pulse Growers (APG) executive director Leanne Fischbuch said pulse crops in the province are faring much better overall than in drought-stricken 2021. “Harvest is underway in many parts of the province […]

By Adam Peleshaty - MarketsFarm

Aug. 19, 2022 at 6:05 pm CDT

Chongqing | Reuters — As the tinder-dry countryside along China’s Yangtze river basin withers under a heatwave that has lasted more than two months, veteran farmer Chen Xiaohua recalled the last severe drought to hit his crops more than 60 years ago. “This year is drier than 1960,” said Chen, […]

By Thomas Peter, Thomas Suen

Aug. 16, 2022 at 6:52 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The harvest for Western Canada’s chickpea crop is about to begin and it comes at a time when worldwide supplies of the pulse are at a low point. Colin Young, manager of Mid-West Grain Ltd. at Moose Jaw, Sask., said there are varying chickpea yields in the western […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Aug. 12, 2022 at 7:50 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — The northern Canadian city of Iqaluit declared a state of emergency on Friday after scarce rain this year left water levels in the local Apex River at a four-decade low. Iqaluit warned it may not have enough water in its reservoir to sustain its population of […]

By Ismail Shakil