The latest Saskatchewan crop report says crops are extremely stressed and advancing rapidly due to hot dry weather. This week’s cooler weather and smoke is offering a slight reprieve from heat stress. Any rain now will not help increase crop yield but will help maintain yields through the heat. Many cereal crops that have headed […]
The latest Saskatchewan crop report says hot dry weather last week caused significant damage to many crops. The report says yield potential and crop quality will be affected in many regions. Crops are stunted, thin, yellowing in colour and prematurely drying down in many areas due to heat stress. 40 percent of spring cereals […]
Environment Canada says June ended with a sizzle across Southern Saskatchewan, with many locations in the top 10 for warmest June. In Regina, the temperature was 1.7 degrees warmer than normal and the 15th warmest ever. Swift Current was 2.8 degrees warmer than usual, its 8th warmest on record. Yorkton was 3.1 degrees hotter than […]
The latest Saskatchewan crop report says heavy rainfall this past week caused flooding problems for some farmers. The rain was welcome but much more than farmers wanted at one time. Northeast of Old Wives Lake saw the largest localized rain, resulting in 208 millimeters or 8 inches over the course of a few hours. […]
Seeding is nearing completion across Saskatchewan. Provincial crops extension specialist Matt Struthers says 97 percent of seeding is complete, up from 86 percent last week and ahead of the 5 year average of 92 percent. Seeding ranges from 98 percent in the southeast, west-central, northeast and northwest, to 94 percent in east-central Saskatchewan. There were […]
Despite rainy weather Saskatchewan farmers completed more seeding during the past week. The latest crop report says seeding is at 86 percent, up from 74 percent last week. Seeding ranges from 91 percent in the southwest to 77 percent in east-central Saskatchewan. There was steady rain during the past week, with Limerick receiving the most […]
There are many farmers that had no problem with the cool, wet weather over the long weekend as parched fields got some much needed moisture from border to border. Environment Canada’s Terri Lang says Saskatchewan received a good soaking with 30 to 50 millimeters being reported across a very wide swath with Birch Hills and […]
The president of APAS is calling this week’s moisture a billion dollar rainfall. Many parts of southern Saskatchewan have received much-needed moisture after months of drought-like weather. APAS president Todd Lewis farms southeast of Regina and says the rain is worth more than a million dollars. “Oh I think you can replace the m with […]
Saskatchewan farmers made tremendous seeding progress during the past week. Crops extension specialist Matt Struthers says 74 percent of the crop has been seeded, up from 34 percent last week and well ahead of the 5 year average of 48 percent. He says seeding ranges from 82 percent in the southwest to 63 percent in […]
Special Weather Advisories are out across portions of central and southern Saskatchewan, including for Regina and Moose Jaw, as a shift from mild weather to cooler temperatures is going to set in. Environment Canada says that will bring a mix of rain, snow and freezing rain. A narrow band of 2 to 5 cm of […]
