Cattle rescue from an island pasture
What once looked like wide open pasture in eastern Oklahoma for the cattle in this video is reduced to a small island surrounded by floodwater. Several southern U.S. states have recently been deluged...
View ArticleNature’s anti-theft device
In a graphic display of the forces of nature, the owner of this car learned the hard way of where not to park. Waves and water coming off Lake Erie one night in early January froze a thick layer of...
View ArticleKite-flying weather
This video, posted Jan. 1 by YouTube user Locklyn Price, shows a snow kiter catching some Prairie breeze at Dalemead Lake, about 20 km northwest of Carseland, Alta., using pole- and kite-mounted GoPro...
View ArticlePlows take to the runways
Ever wonder what it takes to move 71 centimetres of snow at an airport? Two words: big machines. Dulles International Airport in Washington was one of many airports forced to keep their planes on the...
View ArticleDairy cows horse around in snow
The cows at this dairy farm in Finland clearly get a kick – pun intended – out of the fresh snow brought into their barn by one of the farm’s workers.
View ArticleOne small sleigh and a horse
Ever wonder what it’s like to be pulled on a small sleigh behind a horse? This short point-of-view video uploaded to YouTube by Rebecka Maksymiw will give you a pretty good idea of what it’s like.
View ArticleLocusts on the attack in Argentina
Locusts are on the attack on some farms in Argentina and the race is on to keep them from inflicting damage on cash crops such as corn and soybeans. In this YouTube video uploaded by Harvest Public...
View ArticleIce garden in Winnipeg
Winnipeg winter references are most often, shall we say, ‘less than pleasant,’ but clearly it’s all about attitude. Earlier in February, Pat Palanuk of Winnipeg showed how she enjoys winter in...
View ArticleWinnipeg Wins Flood Battle of 1950
Manitoba’s spring flood forecast for 2016 looks to be no cause for alarm so far, but that wasn’t the case back in 1950 when disaster struck and floodwaters on the Red River crested 9 metres above...
View ArticleTrain delivers snow for Iditarod sled dog race
Most people would likely assume that lack of snow wouldn’t be a problem in Alaska, but in this case they’d be wrong. The Iditarod sled dog race – which began March 5, 2016 – didn’t have enough snow...
View ArticleTake me out to the snowbank
When nature won’t co-operate and serve up the warm temperatures you need to melt a lot of snow, what do you do? After a January snowstorm, City Island in Pennsylvania became a dumping ground for snow....
View ArticleEarly spring perennial forage grazing
In this video courtesy of Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, several cattle producers talk about how they use over wintering perennial forages for an early spring feed source in their operations. These...
View ArticleToo much rain ruins marshmallow crop
In early April 2013 this farmer in North Carolina was disappointed once again with his chances of a windfall marshmallow crop when untimely rains drenched the region. “Marshmallows are a difficult...
View ArticleBirds of a feather stay warm together?
You might guess warmer weather is on the way when you hear Canada’s namesake feathered friends make their way over the border, but the flock of geese in this video have their feet firmly parked in...
View ArticleCamera vs. seeder. Will it survive?
Many farmers are social media savvy these days and share what they’re up to in a variety of ways, but sometimes things don’t always go as planned. In this video, a camera takes a tumble just as the...
View ArticleAlberta’s first tornado of 2016
Sherwin Moseley took this video of a swirling tornado on his way home the afternoon of April 13, 2016 near Chestermere, Alta. Environment Canada later confirmed it as a land spout tornado, making it...
View ArticleSpring seeding in Alberta
Depending on what you’re planting, for some producers in southern Alberta it’s full steam ahead for spring seeding. This video uploaded to YouTube by Mike Van Driesten shows pea planting in full...
View ArticleFort McMurray wildfire
Residents of Fort McMurray, Alberta, were forced to begin evacuating their city on May 1, 2016 due to what’s become a catastrophic wildfire. With only one major highway that leads out of Fort...
View ArticleHappy Cows
“Now that the sogginess left by our winter rains has lessened, we’re able to give our girls access to the outdoors once again,” staff at British Columbia’s Creekside Dairy wrote of this YouTube video...
View ArticleFrom damp to dust
This video, uploaded to YouTube May 11 by Twin Creek Broiler Farms, a poultry and grain operation near Steinbach, Man., shows what a difference a few weeks can make. In this screen capture you can see...
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