Farmers are benefitting from warm, dry weather as harvest operations in Saskatchewan continue.
Twenty-eight per cent of the province’s crop is now in the bin. That is a significant jump from 15 per cent last week and well ahead of the five-year average (2015-2019) of 22 per cent for this time of year.
The area with the most progress continues to be the southwest region, which now has 50 per cent of the crop combined. That is followed by the southeast region at 39 per cent combined, the west-central at 25 per cent, the east-central at 20 per cent, the northeast at 10 per cent, and the northwest at just three per cent combined.
Ninety-nine per cent of fall rye, 96 per cent of winter wheat, 81 per cent of lentils, 73 per cent of field peas, 53 per cent of mustard, 37 per cent of durum, 28 per cent of chickpeas, 19 per cent of spring wheat, and 11 per cent of canola has been combined.
Cropland topsoil moisture is rated as two per cent surplus, 32 per cent adequate, 47 per cent short, and 19 per cent very short. Hay and pasture land topsoil moisture is rated as one per cent surplus, 21 per cent adequate, 44 per cent short, and 34 per cent very short.
A complete, printable version of the crop report is available online.
