Weyburn

With the end of the crop year coming up on July 31st, we are starting to see a seasonal slowdownof grain movement.

CN's Assistant Vice President of Grain, David Przednowek says even with the seasonal decline, they have still registered just over half a million tonnes of grain movement per week over the past couple of weeks.

"We are seeing the demand for CN supply hopper cars for grain movement decline. You know, in the past couple of weeks we've seen orders for CN supply equipment in that 3334 car per week range. "

Shifting conditions this week may bring the potential for extreme heat.

However, Scientist Christy Climenhaga said it may not be quite hot enough for warnings from Environment Canada.

"Especially Wednesday, where it looks like temperatures into the 30s in parts of southern Saskatchewan, just a little bit of ridging in our upper atmosphere, pulling in some warmer temperatures, but very short-lived. A little break again for your Friday before warming up again on the weekend."

Ducks Unlimited Canada agrologist has promoted winter cereals for decades and remains hopeful about the crop’s future

Winter wheat was a big deal on the Prairies from about 2006 to 2014.

Total acreage ranged from 800,000 to 1.3 million, with the lion’s share of the crop seeded in Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

Ken Gross, a Ducks Unlimited Canada agrologist who has promoted winter cereals for decades, described that period as the “second wave” of winter wheat on the Prairies.

The Weyburn Wildlife Federation will host an outdoor 3D Archery shoot event on July 26th and 27th at the Goodwater Golf Course, featuring life-size targets.

As the course takes about three hours to complete, registration will be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

As part of a 10-to-12-day commitment from the Weyburn Fire Department to support wildfire efforts in northern Saskatchewan, Mike Hudson and Marc Schweitzer headed out Tuesday morning to join fellow WFD member Rob Jack in Beauval, where crews continue to support the Muskeg wildfire efforts.

After several days of dedicated work up north, Brydon Hnatiuk and Marlow Killian will make their way home today, passing the torch to Hudson and Schweitzer.

This wildfire season is a massive provincial and national effort.

Bruce Burnett, Director of Weather and Markets with Glacier Farm Media says that's mainly driven by various factors affecting the broader oilseed market.

Rainfall across the prairies and even provincially has been quite variable this year.

Some areas have seen some pretty wicked storms bringing heavy rain, high winds and hail.

The Canadian Crop Hail Association says storm activity across the prairies in the last two weeks of June resulted in farmers filing well over 2000 hail claims.

According to the report mid-June thunderstorms dropped pea- to toonie-sized hail across Western Canada.  

Farm and Food Care Saskatchewan is once again looking for nominees for the 2025 Champion Award.

The award recognizes an individual who has taken the initiative to engage or educate consumers about food and farming in our province. Nominees have used their skills to help inform consumers about production practices and have done a measurable job of promoting our industry.

Farm & Food Care Saskatchewan works with a selection panel to recognize a person who strives to engage consumers about agriculture and helps farmers to build public trust in our province and beyond.

World wheat stocks could climb to 271 million tonnes by the end of 2025-26, up from 264 million tonnes at the end of 2024-25

There will be plenty of wheat in the world in 2025-26, say analysts.

“As we enter mid-year Northern Hemisphere harvest, a larger-than-expected crop is expected to limit the upside in global wheat prices,” Dennis Voznesenski, agricultural economist with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, said in his recent Agri Commodity Weekly Alert.

Analysis says market correction could see values fall by 50 per cent

 A technical analysis of Saskatchewan farmland values reveals they could be on the verge of tumbling by more than 50 per cent.

Trent Klarenbach, a grain marketing analyst, believes farmland values are reaching a peak and could soon be retracing to the previous high set in 1981.