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University of Lethbridge Tell Agricultural Future

Two professors at the University of Lethbridge created an interactive website that could provide farmers and ranchers with practical information on climate extremes and their impact.
 
The site, albertaclimaterecords.com, includes future climate projections, going from 2041 to 2070 and 55 climate variables, including frost days, length of growing season and rainfall extremes.
 
One of the professors, Stefan Kienzle says Alberta's climate is increasingly variable with more extreme weather events and warm and cold spells.
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Finally We Are On The Fields Planting Corn!

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It seems like it was a long-time coming but we are finally on the fields planting corn. Cold, wet weather has made working the land and planting the first of our crops and difficult proposition but today we got at least one corn field done. Join us at Ewetopia Farms as we use old methods to get corn planted. This corn will feed our sheep for another year and heat our home!