Winnipeg Free Press By: Erik Pindera | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Tuesday, Jul. 6, 2021
Last Modified: 7:38 PM CDT Tuesday, Jul. 6, 2021 | Updates Save to Read Later
The pastures and haylands around St. Laurent are bone dry and grasshoppers are eating what little green grows.
The pastures and haylands around St. Laurent are bone dry and grasshoppers are eating what little green grows.
If a soaker of a rainstorm doesn t come soon, it might be the death knell of the few family farmers left in the southern Interlake, says cattle producer Tom Johnson.
He grew up on the rocky 2,500 acres his grandfather bought in 1928 near Oak Point, 90 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg. His land is a stone s throw from Lake Manitoba, a place where three generations have raised cattle and made a living.
WINNIPEG Manitoba’s wildfire season got off to an earlier start this year, and now hot, dry conditions are causing some concerns. Several large wildfires broke out across the province in May and June, including in and around Winnipeg, in the Whiteshell area, and in the R.M. of Piney. “It was very scary for us,” said Reeve Wayne Anderson. “It came within two and a half kilometres of settlement centres, so that was not a good thing, but we do live in a forested area out here. It’s a very beautiful area to live in, but when it gets dry, there is a danger of forest fires.”
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Wintry blast rude wakeup, but welcome news for farmers
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Snowy conditions envelop pedestrians and traffic downtown during rush hour Monday morning.
Manitobans relishing in the warmth of an early spring are in for a rude wakeup today with wintry weather set to make an abrupt comeback across the province.
Manitobans relishing in the warmth of an early spring are in for a rude wakeup today with wintry weather set to make an abrupt comeback across the province.
Not everybody thinks that s bad news, however, as farmers are hoping a blast of precipitation in any form will put much-needed moisture back into unusually dry soil.
By Rod Nickel and Julie Ingwersen
WINNIPEG, Manitoba/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Fields across the Canadian Prairies and the U.S. Northern Plains are among the driest on record, raising production risks in one of the world s key growing regions for canola and spring wheat.
As planting season begins, the dusty soils generate fears that seeds will fail to germinate or yield smaller crops in a year when demand for canola already far outstrips supply. Unusually strong wheat exports to China for animal feed have also lowered global supplies of the main ingredient in bread and pasta.
Prices of canola, which is processed into vegetable oil and animal feed, hit all-time highs in February and Canadian supplies look to dwindle by midsummer to an eight-year low.