MOOSE JAW — Harvest in the southwest part of the province was 29 per cent done by Aug. 19, according to the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture weekly crop report.
Some farmers south of Moose Jaw believe the crop will be in the bin by September.
Harvest in Saskatchewan was 15 per cent done compared with 13 per cent in the five-year average.
Yields are variable with some farmers in the Mossbank district getting only 10 bushels an acre from durum wheat.
In this region, 91 per cent of fall rye is off compared with 62 per cent across the province.
Sixty-eight per cent of spring wheat is done with only four per cent in the province.
One-third of durum is done with 24 per cent provincially.
Seventy-two per cent of peas and 68 per cent of lentils are off while province-wide half of lentils and 44 per cent of peas are off.
Early grades are variable. The Mossbank farmer with 10 bushel an acre durum got a Grade Five and much lower price.
Topsoil moisture has deteriorated even with one inch of rain at Moose Jaw and 1.5 at Caron.
Sixty-nine per cent of cropland is rated short or very short of moisture.
