Insights and Stories on Weather

Saskatchewan Crop Report: Dryness continues as harvest begins

Aug. 3, 2023 at 5:06 pm CDT

MarketsFarm – With the exception of a handful of areas, most of Saskatchewan remained dry for the week ended July 31 as harvest operations began in the province’s southwest and west-central regions. Areas north of Prince Albert and northwest of Kindersley, as well as inside and around Hudson Bay each […]

Prairie forecast: Warm-hot start then slow cooldown

Aug. 2, 2023 at 11:02 am CDT

By Daniel Bezte

UPDATE prairie forecast: unsettled start as sub-arctic high builds in

Jul. 31, 2023 at 9:32 am CDT

By Daniel Bezte

Updated prairie forecast: unsettled start as sub-arctic high builds in

Jul. 26, 2023 at 3:24 pm CDT

By Daniel Bezte

At Ag in Motion: Wednesday sets single-day attendance record

Jul. 20, 2023 at 7:50 pm CDT

By Alex McCuaig

At Ag in Motion: Significant Prairie yield drop expected

Jul. 20, 2023 at 1:50 pm CDT

MarketsFarm has released its first yield estimates for Western Canada’s crops and the outlook is grim. Analyst Bruce Burnett just recently completed a crop tour covering most of Saskatchewan. “Unfortunately, I don’t have a lot of good news on the crop front,” he told growers attending the Ag in Motion […]

By Sean Pratt

Weather Brief: In Prairie crops, results may vary

Jul. 20, 2023 at 10:15 am CDT

In this video, face to face at the Ag in Motion outdoor farm show at Langham, Sask., Glacier FarmMedia senior editor Gord Gilmour and Bruce Burnett, MarketsFarm’s director of weather and markets, review Bruce’s trip west; the insurance-grade conditions of some crops along the way; and the variations that may […]

Prairie Forecast: Summer heat to build back in

Jul. 19, 2023 at 8:31 pm CDT

It looks like the overall weather pattern is going to undergo another shift. After nearly two weeks of unseasonably cool and unsettled weather over the eastern half of the Prairies, with near-average conditions over the west, it looks like more typically summer weather will move back in. The massive area […]

By Daniel Bezte

At Ag in Motion: Exhibitors ready after rainy first day

Jul. 19, 2023 at 4:41 pm CDT

The sun is shining, exhibitors are ready and the grounds are prepared for a traditionally-busy second day of the Ag in Motion show near Langham, Sask. Opening day saw the clouds roll in and the skies open up, but few were complaining about the much-needed moisture that rolled through much […]

By Alex McCuaig

Flax production to drop with fewer acres, dry conditions

Jul. 18, 2023 at 6:03 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — As with other crops on the Canadian Prairies, flax has been struggling with the hot and dry conditions across the region. That said, Scott Shiels of Grain Millers Canada at Yorkton, Sask. noted there’s very little doubt when it comes to flax prices increasing during the course of […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm