A researcher at the University of Regina says climate change has had an impact on farming over the last 50 years in Saskatchewan. Professor Dave Sauchyn says climate change is difficult to detect in this province because of the extensive range of weather. But overall, he says the temperature is 5 degrees warmer in winter […]
Saskatchewan farmers are hoping for warm dry weather to advance harvest progress. APAS president Todd Lewis farms southeast of Regina. He says cool wet weather has delayed crop development and estimates harvest is about 20 percent complete in his area. He says farmers are looking for frost-free warm weather to ripen late maturing crops. Lewis […]
The harvest weather forecast is cool and dry with no anticipation of frost this week in southern Saskatchewan. Environment Canada senior climatologist David Phillips says farmers have faced some challenges this year, including a very dry spring and then a turnaround in rainfall. He says most of this week should be sunny but cooler than […]
The latest crop report says Saskatchewan farmers have 2 percent of the crop in the bin. Provincial crops analyst Cory Jacob says harvest ranges from 3 percent in the south to less than 1 percent in the northern grainbelt. He says combining is behind the five year average of 9 percent for this date. […]
A cold low pressure northern air mass brought record low temperatures to several locations in Saskatchewan early Sunday and Monday. The weather office says Last Mountain Lake hit minus zero point 6 degrees early Sunday and 1.3 degrees Monday, setting new records. North Battleford also had half a degree of frost early Sunday, breaking […]
