MOOSE JAW, Sask. – Warm and relatively dry weather has allowed producers to make progress on harvesting the 2015 crop. According to the Saskatchewan weekly crop report release Thursday, four per cent of the crop is combined and five per cent is swathed or ready to straight-cut.
Harvest operations were just beginning in some southern regions at this time last year.
Sixty-two per cent of the fall rye, 34 per cent winter wheat, 19 per cent field peas and 17 per cent of lentils are now in the bin, with six per cent of canola and three per cent of mustard swathed.
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Moisture conditions continue to improve from the drought-like conditions from earlier this year. Topsoil moisture on cropland is rated 18 per cent short or very short, while hay land and pasture topsoil moisture is rated 30 per cent short or very short.
Haying continues with yields typically half of the five-year average on dryland and slightly under the five-year average on irrigated land.
Crop damage in the last week was mainly caused by localized flooding, hail, wind and insects.
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