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Southwest Saskatchewan drew the short end of the stick when it comes to the weather. Shannon Chant, a Crops Extension Specialist based in Swift Current, says the temperature in that part of the province has been in the high 20’s to low 30’s since mid-May. The crops have suffered from heat stress and are shorter […]
The Swift Current area was on the receiving end of a hail storm that came through on Saturday. Richard Cuthbert is a wheat breeder with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, based in Swift Current. He says the storm was heading towards the community, and by 6:20 p.m. that day the winds started to pick up, then […]
The Canadian Crop Hail Association says the industry set a record 10 billion dollars in hail insurance coverage this past year. President Scott McQueen of Saskatoon says farmers purchased record levels of insurance due to rising costs and strong crop prices. He says the 10 billion dollar record is 20 percent higher than the […]
Crops are ripening quickly with harvest about to start in southeast Saskatchewan. The provincial crops extension specialist in Weyburn, Sherri Roberts, says a few crops are ready for harvest this week. Roberts sees a bumper crop in parts of the southeast because of weekly rains during the growing season. But she says there are concerns […]