Saskatchewan farmers faced scattered hail damage during the first week of September. The chair of the Canadian Crop Hail Association, Rick Omelchenko, says there were 500 prairie hail damage claims in the first week of September, and more than 250 were from Saskatchewan. Omelchenko says the hail damage was across a wide area of the […]
Saskatchewan farmers are back on the combine after being delayed by rain for several days last week. The regional crop specialist in the southeast at Weyburn, Sherri Roberts, says some farmers were in the field as early as Saturday. She says there is some concern wheat crops will be downgraded because of the rain. She […]
Saskatchewan farmers made some harvest progress this past week despite cool wet weather. Provincial crops analyst Cory Jacob says 18 percent of the crop is in the bin, up from 11 percent last week but well behind the average of 43 percent for this date. He says crop yields so far are about average. […]
Widespread rain across the Saskatchewan grainbelt is delaying harvest and may cause some crop loss. The vice chair of SaskWheat, Scott Hepworth, says his farm at Assiniboia has had about 30 millimeters of rain since the weekend. He says “this is the kind of worst weather we could possibly dream of right now.” Rainfall has […]
Saskatchewan farmers made limited harvest progress this week, hampered by cool wet weather. The latest crop report says Saskatchewan farmers have combined 11 percent of the harvest, up from 6 percent last week. Provincial crops analyst Shannon Friesen says harvest is well behind the average of 28 percent for this date. She says farmers […]
Saskatchewan farmers are hoping for warm dry weather to advance harvest progress. APAS president Todd Lewis farms southeast of Regina. He says cool wet weather has delayed crop development and estimates harvest is about 20 percent complete in his area. He says farmers are looking for frost-free warm weather to ripen late maturing crops. Lewis […]
Despite cool wet weather, Saskatchewan farmers made some progress on harvesting the 2019 crop. Provincial crops analyst Cory Jacob says combining is 6 percent complete, up from 2 percent last week but behind the average of 16 percent for this date. He says farmers are looking for warm, dry conditions. He says hail and […]
Sask Power is reminding farmers to be cautious around power infrastructure during this harvest season. The crown corporation says there have already been 240 reported incidents of farm machinery coming into contact with power poles and lines while farmers work in the fields. That is 10 more than what was reported at the same time […]
Harvest is estimated at 15 to 20 percent in the Weyburn area of southeast Saskatchewan. The regional crops specialist in Weyburn, Sherri Roberts, says combining has been delayed in recent days by rainfall. She expects crop production to be average to above average despite a dry start to the growing season in the southeast. She […]
The harvest weather forecast is cool and dry with no anticipation of frost this week in southern Saskatchewan. Environment Canada senior climatologist David Phillips says farmers have faced some challenges this year, including a very dry spring and then a turnaround in rainfall. He says most of this week should be sunny but cooler than […]
