Tag Archives: drought
'Short corn' could replace the towering cornfields steamrolled by a changing climate
WYOMING, Iowa (AP) - Taking a late-summer country drive in the Midwest means venturing into the corn zone, snaking between 12-foot-tall green, leafy walls that seem to block out nearly every...
Sep 23, 2024
From farm to table: How extreme weather affects prices along the food supply chain
Extreme weather events like fires, floods, heat waves and droughts pose an increasing risk to Canada's food supply chain, putting pressure on prices all the way to the grocery store shelf, say experts...
Aug 12, 2024
Major water users in southern Alberta agree to curb consumption in face of drought
More than three dozen major water users in southern Alberta have agreed to voluntarily curb their consumption if there's a severe drought this spring or summer. The province announced Friday tha...
Apr 19, 2024
Why climate change on the farm means a big bill for Canadian taxpayers
To get an idea of the financial toll extreme weather is taking on this country's agriculture industry, look no further than the government of Saskatchewan's books. The prairie province had forecast a ...
Apr 04, 2024
Canadian ranchers brace for long, lean winter after droughts, soaring feed costs
It could be a long, lean winter in cattle country as drought-ravaged western Canadian ranchers struggle to secure feed to get their livestock through the cold months. Snow-covered cattle stand in a pa...
Oct 27, 2023