Saskatchewan producers made harvest progress within the past week, although they still have some catching up to do.
According to the latest crop report, producers now have six per cent of this year’s crop combined. That is up from two per cent last week but is still well behind the five-year average (2014-2018) of 16 per cent for this time of year.
Eight per cent of the crop is now swathed or ready to straight-cut. The five-year average is 19 per cent.
Fifty-two per cent of the fall rye, 43 per cent of the winter wheat, 27 per cent of the field peas, 25 per cent of the lentils, four per cent of the barley, three per cent of the durum, two per cent of the oats, and one per cent of the mustard and spring wheat is now stored in bins.
An additional five per cent of canola and one per cent of the mustard has been swathed.
Harvest progress continues to be most advanced in the southern regions, where 12 per cent of the crop is combined. That is compared to the west-central region (three per cent), the east-central region (two per cent), the northeast region (one per cent), and the northwest region (less than one per cent combined).
Topsoil moisture on cropland is rated as seven per cent surplus, 78 per cent adequate, 12 per cent short, and three per cent very short.
Topsoil moisture on hay land and pasture is rated as two per cent surplus, 74 per cent adequate, 21 per cent short, and three per cent very short.
Pasture conditions are rated as two per cent excellent, 41 per cent good, 39 per cent fair, 14 per cent poor, and four per cent very poor.
A full version of the crop report is available online.
