Warm, dry weather has helped Saskatchewan farmers make headway on this year’s harvest.
Twenty-nine per cent of the crop has been combined, the Ministry of Agriculture said in its weekly crop report Thursday. That’s above the five-year average for this time of year of 14 per cent.
Another 30 per cent of the crop is swathed or ready to straight-cut, up from the five-year average of 26 per cent.
Producers in the southwest have made the most progress, with 51 per cent of the crop combined so far, followed by the southeast at 45 per cent. Twenty per cent of the crop is combined in the west-central region; 13 per cent in the northwest; 11 per cent in the east-central region and 10 per cent in the northeast.
Rainfall in the province this past week ranged from zero to 22 millimetres in some southeastern areas. Localized hail and wind has damaged some crops, and there have been reports of bleaching, staining or sprouting of cereal and pulse crops in some areas, the ministry said. Yields and grades are average overall.
