Farms.com Home   News

Agriculture Roundup – Aug. 28, 2023

B.C. farmers say they’re increasingly concerned about climate change and the impacts of extreme weather on food production in the province.

The province’s farmers can grow fruit and vegetables that won’t grow in other parts of Canada, and B.C. also boasts Western Canada’s only major winery regions.

But in the last three years, B.C. farmers have suffered through drought, extreme heat, flooding and fires.

These disasters have resulted in crop failures, livestock losses and widespread damage to farmland and infrastructure.

Click here to see more...

Trending Video

Oklahoma Farmers: Here’s Your Mesonet Freeze & Rainfall Update | Mesonet Weather Report

Video: Oklahoma Farmers: Here’s Your Mesonet Freeze & Rainfall Update

In the Mesonet weather report, Emma White, OSU Extension Mesonet agricultural meteorologist, discusses the recent cold spell before looking at the average rainfall for November. State climatologist Gary McManus says drought is expanding.