Pivotal is perhaps the best word to describe the massive rainfall event that hit a large portion of the prairies around June 21.
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Rain salvages growing season in West-Central Saskatchewan
WINNIPEG – Dean Roberts, who farms north of Kindersley, Sask., is now cautiously optimistic about his 2025 crop. Prior to June 20, some crops on his farm were running out of water and looked sickly. But after 30-60 mm of rain fell on much of west-central Saskatchewan on the weekend, Roberts and hundreds of other […] Read more
Wheat market reacts to rain in U.S. Plains
Industry officials are flummoxed by recent wheat market behaviour. Hard Red Winter Wheat (HRWW) July futures tumbled 16 percent between April 18 and May 2. The freefall was due in part to a two-day rain during the last week of April that delivered up to 100 millimetres of moisture to parts of the U.S. Southern […] Read more
