Harvest

This week we went to Hazel Dell for GX94Supper in the Field. Brett and Krystal Spray were our lucky winners. It was so nice getting to meet their family and friends. Their 3 daughters were fabulous too. The girls told us about their 4H experiences, speaking competitions that they have participated in, and showed off […]

Every winner of GX94 Supper in the Field receives fantastic prizes from all of our sponsors, a delicious meal from our food sponsor, with usually a ton of left overs, and a great night spent with family and friends. Plus every winner of GX94 Supper in the Field gets to sit down with our GX94 […]

Jared Martin from Ituna was our lucky winner of GX94 Supper in the Field for week 5. We had a lot of fun getting to meet his parents and sister, who he farms with, and the rest of his family and friends. A big thank you goes out to our sponsors: Farm Credit Canada, FFUN […]

YORKTON – Farmers and implement dealers gathered north of the city the morning of Sept. 17 to take part in the Health Foundation’s Farming for Health harvest. “Between the farm implement dealers and some of the ag suppliers in the area we manage to put a crop in every year and we harvest 400 acres […]

Hey friends! So, this year, I decided to try my hand at growing my own yellow cherry tomatoes (aka pear tomatoes). I had dreams of baskets overflowing with these sweet and mild tomatoes. Imagine all those salads, sharing my excess harvest with my friends, and considering all the possibilities of what else I could grow […]

PROVINCIALLY… Producers were able to make significant harvest progress over the past week due to the lack of moisture. Currently, 61 percent of this year’s crop is in the bin, up from 42 per cent reported last week. This is ahead of the five-year average of 50 per cent and the 10-year average of 46 […]

We were in Ituna last night for week 5 of GX94 Supper in the Field. Jared Martin was our lucky winner. Jared’s mom Shaun has called in every year for Supper in the Field since the very beginning. She told me that she always calls Danny Ismond in the morning. The conversation goes like this, […]

The lack of moisture last week helped producers get more of the crop off the field and into the bin. The provincial crop report says 61 per cent of harvest is complete, a jump from 42 per cent the previous and well ahead of the five and ten year averages. The southwest is the furthest […]

The harvest of spring and winter wheat around the world is either progressing or almost done with conditions and yields being mixed. The spring wheat harvest in Saskatchewan is at 28 per cent complete with an average yield of 45 bushels an acre, according to the Ministry of Agriculture. Alberta’s wheat crop is 36 per […]

Wow, the weather has been extraordinarily beautiful lately! I was at the rink last night, and it seemed to be the only thing everyone could talk about. It’s remarkable to think that we are already halfway through September and still experiencing temperatures pushing 30 degrees. Although the signs of fall are unmistakably here, with leaves […]