Source: Robin Booker, Producer.com, April 4, 2019 Rural crime issues have significant effects in Western Canada because of its larger rural area and base of population. People living in remote areas today face the new realities of rural crime and added vulnerability, says a former Alberta prosecutor and current professor at Simon Fraser University. Scott Newark… Continue reading Report weighs rural crime problem
Tag: Prairies
Except for southern Manitoba, flood concerns ease across Prairies
Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm, Producer.com, April 4, 2019 WINNIPEG – A slower-than-normal spring melt has helped to alleviate most flood concerns across the Prairies, except in southern Manitoba. That part of Manitoba, especially the Red River Valley south of Winnipeg, isn’t out of the woods just yet. Flooding may still reach levels on par with high… Continue reading Except for southern Manitoba, flood concerns ease across Prairies
Prairie spring road restrictions set to start
Source: MarketsFarm, Producer.com, March 15, 2019 Seasonal spring road restrictions are set to go into effect across much of Western Canada, which should disrupt some grain movement as Prairie temperatures warm up and the snow melts. The annual spring road restrictions set axle weight limits for vehicles moving on certain roads in an effort to reduce… Continue reading Prairie spring road restrictions set to start
Prairie feed grain price on the rise
Source: Glen Hallick – MarketsFarm, Producer.com, March 7, 2019 Feed grain prices have been on the upswing recently, according to Nelson Neumann of Agfinity in Stony Plain, Alta. “We saw them at the end of last week, the beginning of this week really jump up. Guys were scrambling to get stuff in before road bans,”… Continue reading Prairie feed grain price on the rise
Think-tank predicts Sask. economy will lead the prairies in 2019
Source: CBC News, February 28, 2019 Conference Board of Canada believes growth in oil, potash sectors expected to fuel economy A national think-tank says Saskatchewan is poised to become one of the country’s hottest economies this year. The Conference Board of Canada is predicting the province’s GDP to grow by 2.2 per cent this year, higher… Continue reading Think-tank predicts Sask. economy will lead the prairies in 2019
Low ending stocks are good support for Prairie feed grains
Source: Commodity News Service Canada, Glen Hallick – MarketsFarm, February 21, 2019 WINNIPEG – With some of the lowest ending stocks in more than a generation, feed grain prices are doing quite well in Western Canada, said Ed Baldwin of AgChieve Grain Marketing in Winnipeg, Man. As AgChieve’s Manager of Advisory Services and Grain Marketing Advisor, Baldwin… Continue reading Low ending stocks are good support for Prairie feed grains
Canadian prairies colder than North Pole, almost as cold as Mars
Source: Mike Koncan, Global News, January 30, 2019 The term ‘extreme’ has been circulating across the continent as provinces and states experience cold weather, but few places are as cold as the prairies. Polar Vortex is also a great buzzword, and it has a major impact on the weather and temperatures around a big chunk of the country.… Continue reading Canadian prairies colder than North Pole, almost as cold as Mars
Winter wallop hits prairies for last weekend of January
Source: Tiffany Lizee, Global News, January 28, 2019 On Sunday, a powerful low pressure system swept across the prairies and brought heavy snowfall, freezing rain, dangerously strong winds and record-setting temperatures with it. Gusts reaching 100 km/h howled in Calgary, Waterton and near Wetaskiwin. Regions near Red Deer and Slave Lake recorded even stronger winds. In Saskatchewan,… Continue reading Winter wallop hits prairies for last weekend of January
Farmers worry over light snow cover
Source: Jeremy Simes, Producer.com, January 25, 2019 Some farmers on the Prairies are feeling slightly nervous about their soil moisture so far this year as precipitation in some regions remains below normal. Areas still considered abnormally dry include south of Calgary, stretching east into southern Saskatchewan and west of Winnipeg into the Brandon area, according… Continue reading Farmers worry over light snow cover
Time to get tough with rotations?
Source: Robert Arnason, MarketsFarm, Producer.com, January 17, 2019 Ian Boxall says it’s time for producers and the canola industry to do something about clubroot. “Clubroot could be the biggest thing to happen in Saskatchewan. Loss of an industry? I don’t know what the word is,” said Boxall, who farms near Tisdale, Sask. Clubroot, a soil… Continue reading Time to get tough with rotations?