Humboldt

The Humboldt Hammerheads travelled north as they competed in a pair of swim meets in Nipawin.  

On Saturday, the event was hosted by the Melfort Swim Club and plenty of Hammerheads finished on the podium. 

Wednesday might be a good day to find some shade or stay inside with the air conditioner on if you’re in the Humboldt area. 

The thermometer is expected to continue to climb, surpassing 30°C and with the humidex it will feel closer to 40°C.  

Meteorologist for Environment and Climate Change Canada Crawford Luke says the warm weather is coming from the south. 

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. "

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.

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.  

SaskPower announces a pair of planned power outages in the region. 

Customers in Lanigan will experience an outage from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm on July 10, affecting the west sides of Willow Place, Poplar Place, Crocus Place, and the south side of Downing Drive between Hoover Street and Carlton Road. 

Also, a planned power outage will occur on July 10 from 8:99 am to 1:00 pm for customers in the southeast corner of Fishing Lake First Nation.  

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.

The Humboldt and District Museum is inviting families to cool off and step back in time with its upcoming Ice Cream Day, taking place on Saturday, July 12 from 1:30 to 4:00 pm. 

“This is a fun, hands-on event where people of all ages can learn how ice cream was made the old-fashioned way,” said Jennifer Fitzpatrick, director of the Humboldt and District Museum. “We’ll be churning ice cream just like they did in the past, and of course, everyone will get to enjoy a scoop or a sundae.” 

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.