MOOSE JAW, Sask. – Rain and cool temperatures caused some delays over the past week with the 2015 harvest. That didn’t stop producers from getting ahead of the five-year average.
According to the weekly crop report release Thursday, 16 per cent of the 2015 crop is combined with 19 per cent swathed or ready to straight-cut.
The five-year average for this time of year is six per cent combined and 14 per cent swathed or ready to straight-cut.
Producers in the southwest region are furthest along, with 33 per cent of the crop combined while those in the southeast have 27 per cent combined. All other regions have less than nine per cent combined.
Some producers have reported bleaching, staining or sprouting of some cereal crops due to the weather conditions.
Crop damage over the last week was mainly caused by hail, wind and frost.
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