Tag Archives Flooding

British Columbia farmers to receive increased AgriStability supports
Government sites extreme weather, trade concerns for increased funding

Manitoba farm group named finalist for national water innovation award
The Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association has been noted for their collaboration on their Aquanty hydrological modelling project

EU chided on climate

Ukrainian crops at risk after dam collapses

No worries over wet wheat

Markets so far shrugging off reports of flooded Chinese wheat fields

Flooding stops Mississippi River barge traffic
Closures that could last for weeks will force grain and fertilizer shippers to find more costly transportation alternatives
CHICAGO, Ill. (Reuters) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has halted barge traffic across a wide swath of the upper Mississippi River, it said April 27, as record winter snowfall is melting and flooding into waterways. The closures will force grain and fertilizer shippers to find alternative, potentially more costly, transportation by truck or rail, […] Read more
Rain takes grain, crops on 2 million acres in Pakistan
More than 1,200 reported dead and millions displaced as the Asian nation continues to be assaulted by flood waters
DADU, Pakistan (Reuters) – Southern Pakistan braced for yet more flooding on Thursday as a surge of water flowed down the Indus River, threatening further devastation in a country already a third inundated, in a growing disaster blamed on climate change. Record monsoon rains and melting glaciers in northern mountains have triggered floods that have […] Read more
‘We’re going to come back from it’
B.C. dairy farm family faces ‘heck of a cleanup’ after making emotional decision to relocate cattle as deluge approached
The Bouwman family is counting its blessings after a devastating flood decimated British Columbia’s Fraser Valley. “We got out. We’re safe. We didn’t lose animals,” said Grant Bouwman, who operates the Mardelen Holsteins Ltd. dairy farm with his wife, Amanda, in Yarrow, B.C., situated between Abbotsford and Chilliwack. “We’re going to have a heck of […] Read more
Flooding continues as B.C. farmers brace for more
Agriculture in the lower mainland will take time to rebuild as water continues to pour into the province
British Columbia braced itself for further rainfall as farmers dealt with the aftermath of unprecedented flooding, with the provincial government emphasizing the generosity of Canadians who have donated to the Red Cross. “This is historic weather intensified by climate change,” B.C. Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General Mike Farnworth said Nov. 28. As a […] Read more