Insights and Stories on Saskatchewan

Prairie Forecast Update: A few small tweaks

May. 29, 2023 at 12:29 pm CDT

The weather regime across southern and central Canada is currently being dominated by a large sprawling surface high over eastern regions with a slowly digging trough of low pressure over the West Coast. The flows around these two features have been producing warm summer-like conditions across the eastern Prairies with […]

Olymel to idle multiple Prairie hog barns

May. 26, 2023 at 8:26 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Feed weekly outlook: Rain falls, grain prices to follow

May. 25, 2023 at 10:58 am CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

NEW FEATURE: Prairie Forecast: Summerlike conditions moving in

May. 24, 2023 at 8:27 pm CDT

By Daniel Bezte

Klassen: Weather forecasts underpin feeder market

May. 22, 2023 at 10:02 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

Prairie Forecast Update: A few small tweaks

May. 22, 2023 at 6:15 pm CDT

The weather models are continuing to do a good job with the short- to medium-range forecasts, but there have been a couple of small changes that have been slowly working into the forecast. Weak troughing off the West Coast is still forecasted to kick off the development of a leeside […]

By Daniel Bezte

Feed weekly outlook: Barley market steady for now

May. 19, 2023 at 5:29 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Feed barley bids in Western Canada continue to hold steady, while attention in the market turns to the new crop going into the ground. “There currently is an uptick in demand for quick movement presenting good opportunities for producers ready to sell,” Alberta grain brokerage Agfinity said in […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Prairie cash wheat: Bids soften

May. 19, 2023 at 5:19 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Spring wheat bids in Western Canada softened during the week ended Thursday, as the bearish influence of the extended Black Sea Grain Initiative more than countered any support from poor winter wheat production prospects in the U.S. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

No respite expected for wildfire-hit Alberta

May. 18, 2023 at 10:58 am CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — Abnormally hot and dry weather is set to return to Alberta on Thursday after a couple of cooler days helped calm wildfires that have forced thousands of evacuations in the province. Record-high temperatures and tinder-dry vegetation have led to an intense, early start to wildfire season […]

By Reuters

Saskatchewan to top up some claims for wildlife-damaged forage

May. 17, 2023 at 8:18 pm CDT

Producers in southwestern and west-central Saskatchewan who lost stacked forage to wildlife feeding last winter may see a bump up in their compensation. The Saskatchewan and federal governments on Wednesday announced a “supplemental freight adjustment” to their wildlife damage compensation program, administered by Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corp. (SCIC). SCIC, the […]

By Dave Bedard