Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says there will be public engagement on how to best manage provincial water supplies as the situation threatens to become worse if moisture levels in southern Alberta don’t improve. “My environment minister (Rebecca Shultz), who is responsible for water, is looking into this (and) is going to be engaging with the […] Read more
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Determining when winter starts on the Prairies
How do you determine when winter begins? Should it be the first significant snowfall? How about when the high temperature consistently stays below 0 C? Should we use the astronomical date of Dec. 21, or stick to the meteorological date of Dec. 1? Most people on the Prairies would probably agree that winter doesn’t really […] Read more
Alta. group questions results of province’s horse survey
Help Alberta Wildies Society says a 51 percent increase in feral horse numbers is too high and is misleading the public
A wild horse advocacy group says reports of a 51 percent increase in free-roaming horses in a key area of Alberta’s Eastern Slopes is based on misleading surveys by the provincial government. The inflated numbers in the Sundre Equine Management Zone place the population near a level where action must be taken to prevent it […] Read more
Yields look strong for sugar beets
Despite little precipitation across southern Alberta and low river levels, irrigation districts came through for high-value cash crops this year. The 2023 sugar beet harvest is set to match 2022 yields despite fewer acres planted, and potatoes look good heading into the end of the season. A late contract between beet farmers and the Taber-based […] Read more
Nurturing a love-hate relationship with tomatoes
Picking that first tomato of the season was a delight to the senses, but harvest quickly transformed into a hectic marathon
Every summer, garden history repeated itself. According to the long-range forecast, we were facing a prolonged drought cycle, but my husband, Leo, was raring to plant the garden before the snow melted. The only moisture I could foresee was the wet blanket I kept throwing on his plans. He’d ask how many tomatoes he should […] Read more
Finding ways to grow crops with limited moisture
In the areas suffering from consecutive years of serious drought, soul searching is underway on what can be done differently to make better use of whatever moisture is available. Troy LaForge, a well-known agronomist from southwestern Saskatchewan, believes stripper headers on combines are going to become increasingly popular. LaForge farms near Cadillac and uses a […] Read more
Rural municipalities declare ag disaster in Alta.
More counties are expected to make the declaration as the impact of extremely dry weather continues to affect producers
A swath of Alberta continues to experience extremely dry conditions during what is traditionally the wettest time of year. Rainfall hasn’t fallen at all along an area of the southern portion of the province since the beginning of June. Except for the Eastern Slopes of the Rocky Mountains and parts of the Milk River basin […] Read more
New report to track wheat progress
Cereals Canada says Growing Season Progress Report will help buyers with seeding, crop condition and harvest updates
“The Growing Season Progress Report is a terrific way for those who are interested in the western Canadian wheat crop to quickly get all their information in one place,” Leif Carlson, Cereals Canada's director of market intelligence and trade policy, said in a recent news release.
Rain helps but much of the Prairies remain dry
Alberta crops in worst shape, but parts of Saskatchewan also struggle while Manitoba cashes in on last year’s moisture
Crops that had started germination when the rains did finally hit are unlikely going to be helped much.
Drought worries ease on the Prairies
It is still dry throughout much of the growing region, but the extreme drought that existed in eastern Alberta and western Saskatchewan at this time last year has been eliminated.
