Warm and dry weather is helping Saskatchewan producers get the 2016 crop in the ground. According to the weekly crop report, 15 per cent of this year’s crop has been seeded.
One year ago at this time, 14 per cent of the crop had been seeded. The five-year average is four per cent.
Producers in the southwest are furthest along at 35 per cent, with 18 per cent seeded in the southeast. All other regions report six per cent or less of the crop is in the ground.
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While parts of the southwest did receive up to half-an-inch of rain, very little to no rain fell in the province in the past week. Rain is needed soon in the south and west regions to help crops germinate and emerge.
Topsoil moisture is rated as 78 per cent adequate and 20 per cent short. Hay land and pasture topsoil is currently 64 per cent adequate and 31 per cent short.
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