rainfall

A week of warmer weather and reduced rainfall has accelerated crop advancement and enabled haying operations to progress throughout the province. With the forecasted heat over the next week many regions are hoping for moisture to help support crop development, reduce crop stress and sustain topsoil moisture conditions. Many areas across the province received reduced […]

Depending on the farmer, they’re either welcoming the hot weather or are a bit concerned. Vice-President of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture Todd Lewis farms near Gray, south of Regina. He says he finished spraying fungicide on his lentils and canary seed and some spraying for fusarium head blight on his durum wheat. His crops […]

As the long weekend approaches you may want to have your rubber boots and rain ponchos ready if you’re going to be outside. Rainfall warnings have been issued across a wide region of central Saskatchewan. Kindersely, Rosetown, Dinsmore, Saskatoon, Davidson, Keneston, Imperial, Govan, Lanigan, Wynyard, Watrous, Wadena, Foam Lake, Ituna, and Margo areas are all […]

Walking after the rain brings out some interesting sights including many forms of mushrooms. The mushroom spores can be living in the soil and when these conditions are right, watch out for these clusters to pop everywhere! I have never toured a mushroom producing facility, nor have I had a conversation with a biologist to […]

Seeding is as close to complete as it gets, as 98 per cent of the 2024 crop is now in the ground, according to the provincial crop report for the period of June 4 to 10. Rain continued to delay producers in the northeast and east-central regions from continuing seeding operations with a few reporting […]

Some good news if you like lots of rain on weekends and you live in the southern or southeastern part of the province: A rainfall warning has been issued for Estevan, Weyburn, Assiniboia, Coronach and Gravelbourg. About 40-60 millimeters of rain in total is expected and higher amounts are possible. Much less is expected in […]

Although there is a chance of showers Friday, this weekend will be starting out with blue skies and temperatures slightly above seasonal Saturday. But things take a turn for the wet on Sunday. Terri Lang with Environment and Climate Change Canada said the province’s southeast is forecast to receive more rain Sunday than the southwest. […]

After repairs over the last four days, SaskPower was able to complete their work in the southeast. SaskPower was able to restore power to all of the affected customers on Thursday afternoon at around 2:00. Crews from all over the province spent a significant amount throughout the week restoring power to the area. The visiting […]

It looks like it will be a little bit more peaceful in the southeast this weekend. After back to back weekends of winter storm events in April, it appears no significant weather events will occur in the area. Environment Canada no longer has a special weather statement issued for the Carlyle and Moosomin areas. The […]

The provincial crops extension specialist says this week’s precipitation is important for improving soil moisture. Rain and snow has fallen overnight but amounts vary across the grainbelt. Saskatchewan agriculture crops extension specialist Matt Struthers says any moisture is welcome after a year of drought. Struthers says farmland needs precipitation before freeze-up to enable the soil […]