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Aug. 11, 2023 at 4:21 pm CDT

Glacier FarmMedia senior editor Gord Gilmour, and MarketsFarm’s director of weather and markets, Bruce Burnett, discuss their latest take on crop conditions, harvest operations and the weather.

Aug. 9, 2023 at 6:34 pm CDT

First off, I must apologize for not producing an update to the last forecast; I had the opportunity to do some backwoods camping, which meant I was off the grid for about five days. I’m back now, and from the weather model runs I’ve been able to check out, this […]

By Daniel Bezte

Aug. 2, 2023 at 11:02 am CDT

The weather models have been doing a good job with the overall weather picture over the last several weeks, despite a fairly unsettled, tough-to-figure-out weather pattern. In this next forecast period, it will again be tough to figure out some of the finer details as our region experiences weak highs, […]

By Daniel Bezte

Jul. 26, 2023 at 3:24 pm CDT

Update: A low tracking through central prairies is a little weaker than expected. This will result in less precipitation with showers, thundershowers, and storms being less widespread. Another issue is the smoke which can be difficult to predict. Areas with smoke we see cooler than expected daytime highs. An upper […]

By Daniel Bezte

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