Insights and Stories on Saskatchewan

Prairie forecast: Unsettled weather ahead

Jun. 18, 2025 at 9:17 am CDT

For this forecast period we start, once again, with no strong systems impacting the Prairies. But, as we head into the weekend a strong area of low pressure is forecasted to develop over the western U.S. This low will impact our region over the weekend, but how and where is a little uncertain.

Mid-distance shot of a brown steer in an Alberta feedlot.

Klassen: Feeder market follows wholesale beef higher

Jun. 17, 2025 at 9:18 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

Sporadic rains lead to varied crop development in Saskatchewan

Jun. 12, 2025 at 2:50 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

A green pasture beneath a blue sky with puffy clouds

Prairie forecast: Where did the summer heat go?

Jun. 11, 2025 at 9:43 am CDT

By Daniel Bezte

Close-up of a white steer in an Alberta feedlot.

Klassen: Stronger fed cattle markets lifts feeder complex

Jun. 10, 2025 at 10:21 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

AgraCity says it is unable to fill orders

Jun. 6, 2025 at 3:30 pm CDT

AgraCity has told customers it will be unable to deliver outstanding product in a timely manner this spring due to cash flowproblems

By Sean Pratt

Prairie forecast: Summer pattern making forecast difficult

Jun. 4, 2025 at 9:36 am CDT

We start this forecast period off with an area of low pressure over far northern Manitoba that is slowly moving off into Hudson Bay. To the west, an area of low pressure is developing over the Yukon which is helping to develop a weak ridge of high pressure over Alberta. Over southern Saskatchewan and Manitoba weak high pressure is in place.

By Daniel Bezte

Saskatchewan Crop Report: Seeding to be completed next week

May. 29, 2025 at 3:38 pm CDT

Warm and windy conditions allowed Saskatchewan growers to plant 88 per cent of projected acres as of May 28.

By Adam Peleshaty

This field southeast of Delisle, Sask., could use some moisture soon to help out the recently-emerged red lentil crop.

Drought developing in northern Saskatchewan agricultural region

May. 28, 2025 at 1:41 pm CDT

In the 30 days of April, Nipawin received one millimetre of precipitation. In the first 27 days of May, the Environment Canada weather station in Nipawin recorded 1.5 mm of rain and snow.

By Robert Arnason

Prairie forecast: Mostly warm and dry weather expected

May. 28, 2025 at 11:31 am CDT

We start off with high pressure dominating most of the Prairies. A large surface high is sitting over the north-central U.S. This is beginning to tap into more heat and moisture, which will allow for warmer daytime highs and nighttime lows as dewpoints creep up.

By Daniel Bezte