According to Environment Canada, Regina received more than 20 cm, Qu’Appelle got 37 cm and Weyburn got 60 cm.
Accumulations were generally lower in southwestern Manitoba than they were in southeastern and south-central Saskatchewan.
Brian Cross
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Personal finances growing unstable
Recent report says 45 percent of adults in Man. and Sask. are $200 away from being unable to meet financial obligations
The inability of consumers to cover regular bills, buy groceries and service existing debt obligations has become more common in an environment of higher interest rates and inflationary pressure.
Moisture conservation starts in the field
There are steps grain growers can take to increase water availability, says researcher and long-time wheat breeder Ron DePauw.
Prepare for quick flea beetle action this spring
Predicting pest levels is difficult before canola emerges; growers are encouraged to think ahead about managing the risk
There’s no way to predict what the spring flea beetle risk will be, said Keith Gabert, agronomy specialist at the Canola Council of Canada.
Sask. canola crushing facility to double capacity
Louis Dreyfus’s expansion plans will allow its processing plant in Yorkton to crush two million tonnes of canola a year
Louis Dreyfus is the latest in a list of companies that see a promising economic future in oilseed crushing.
Personal finances increasingly unstable on Prairies
Nearly half of the adult population in Saskatchewan and Manitoba is struggling to make ends meet, according to a consumer debt report prepared by accounting firm MNP. The inability of consumers to cover regular bills, buy groceries and service existing debt obligations has become more common in an environment of higher interest rates and inflationary […] Read more
Sask. soils ready to accept spring melt water
A late but rapid snowmelt in Saskatchewan will result in some loss of potential soil moisture, says a Saskatchewan-based hydrology expert at the University of Saskatchewan. Overall, however, conditions are conducive to good levels of soil moisture infiltration, thanks to a better-than-average snowpack across most of the province and a soil-snowpack interface that is favourable […] Read more
Tropical dream comes true in Sask.
Family aims for food self-sufficiency with a ‘deep winter’ greenhouse that can grow fruit such as oranges and bananas
A while back, Saskatchewan resident Dean Sopher dreamed of feeding his family a nutritious, year-round diet of meat, eggs, vegetables and fruit, all produced and harvested in the middle of Saskatchewan. Today, thanks to some innovative technology and plenty of hard work and determination, Sopher’s dream of food self-sufficiency has become a reality on an […] Read more
Farmers not immune to cybersecurity risks
A cybersecurity specialist says a provincial advisory panel would help the public better identify and manage risk
Saskatchewan farmers Andrew and Laurie Johnson won’t forget the events of 2020. Early in the year, the couple from Peebles, Sask., became victims of a cellphone fraud scam that resulted in more than $100,000 disappearing from their corporate bank account. The Johnsons, owners of Johnson Livestock, noticed in the middle of their busy calving season […] Read more
No surprise — previous crop year was a ‘debacle’
Quorum Corp.’s annual report looking at 2021-22 outlines a litany of challenges that affected grain movement that year
“Not your typical year.” That, in a nutshell, is how the president of Quorum Corp. described Canada’s 2021-22 crop year. Mark Hemmes, whose company is contracted to manage the federal government’s Grain Monitoring Program, characterized it as a year of widespread drought on the Prairies and floods in British Columbia that disrupted efforts to move […] Read more
