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By Cam Lee

Ag roundup

Agriculture Roundup for Wednesday, August 7

Aug 7, 2024 | 11:35 AM

Warm, dry weather dominated most of Saskatchewan in July, and local areas were no different.

Natalie Hazell of Environment and Climate Change Canada says Prince Albert had its eighth warmest July in 140 years of data, and it’s a similar story for many areas of the province.

P.A. was also very dry last month as well, with only 34 per cent of normal precipitation falling. That’s the 18th driest July in 140 years.

The Melfort area also saw very little rain last month, with 36.1 mm of rain; however, most fell July 2 with 22.9 mm of precipitation.

Hazell says there was next to no rain in the area for the last half of July.

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The recent crop report said producers are hoping for more rain for head and pod filling on later seeded crops, but the precipitation would have little impact on yield for many advanced crops.

Hazell says there is no significant rain in the forecast for the rest of the week.

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The creator of a new castration tool won a pair of awards at the recent Ag in Motion event in Langham.

TestiGrip was developed by Jodi Suchoplas on the family’s operation near Durban, Manitoba, as a more humane way to band young bull calves up to two weeks of age.

The simple design allows an experienced user to castrate a bull calf in as little as 11 seconds.

She also designed a ‘mini’ version of the TestiGrip to use on small lambs.

TestiGrip won one of five Innovation Awards at Ag in Motion, and the invention also took the Farmers’ Choice Award.