March 2023 goes into the record books as the driest ever on record in Regina and Yorkton. In Regina, Environment Canada says there was only a trace of moisture during the month of March, the lowest in 137 years of records. Usually, Regina, Yorkton and Moose Jaw have about 20 millimeters of precipitation in March. […]
It was so cold in Saskatchewan the last couple of days that several communities have set cold weather records over the last couple of days. According to Environment and Climate Change Canada, on Monday, Key Lake tied the old record low (-40.5 in 1991), while Southend Reindeer Area set a new record of -37.6, which […]
CN Rail says it set a new weekly grain movement record earlier this month. CN says grain shipments for the week of October 16th reached 806 thousand tons, exceeding the previous record by over 50 thousand metric tons. The record follows CN’s second best September ever for grain movement from Western Canada, with over 2.64 […]
Agriculture minister David Marit says Saskatchewan set a new farm export record of 17.5 million dollars last year. Marit says exports rose 7 percent over the previous years record. He says key farm exports were canola, wheat, and pulses. Marit says important markets for Saskatchewan farm products include the U.S. at four billion dollars […]
The Saskatchewan government says merchandise exports reached a record high of 37 billion dollars last year, a jump of 24.7 percent compared to 2020. The previous record was 35.3 billion dollars set in 2014. Trade and Export Development minister Jeremy Harrison says Saskatchewan is providing the food, fuel and fertilizer for growing world needs. […]
Grain prices have reached record highs due to widespread prairie drought. This week durum achieved $20.00 a bushel before falling back to $18.50. Wheat market analyst Marlene Boersch of Mercantile Consulting says this is a record figure and the largest spread between durum and spring wheat ever seen. Spring wheat prices are hovering around $10.50 […]
Saskatchewan farmers exported a record amount of agricultural products in 2020 despite the coronavirus. Agriculture minister David Marit says the biggest exports were canola, wheat, and pulse crops. He says farm exports reached 16.9 billion dollars last year. He says it is incredible to see such an increase in one year, 31 percent increase […]
