REGINA – Eighty-one per cent of the province’s crop is now seeded, according to Saskatchewan’s weekly crop report.
The government says warm and dry weather has allowed 90 per cent of seeding to be completed in the province’s southwest and 87 per cent in the southeast.
In the northwest part of the province, 84 per cent of the crop is seeded, followed by 83 per cent in the west-central region. Seventy-five per cent of seeding is done in the northeast and 68 per cent is complete in the east-central region.
The seeding is well ahead of the five-year average of 59 per cent from 2011-2015. Many producers have completed all of their seeding and are now applying herbicide.
According to the government, some areas will need rain in the next few weeks for crops to emerge. The majority of emerged crops are either at or ahead of the normal developmental stages at this time of year.
Crops are in good condition, but some damage has been caused by lack of moisture, strong winds, localized flooding, cutworms and flea beetles.
Topsoil conditions are currently rated as 83 per cent adequate and 13 per cent short. Hay land and pasture topsoil is 72 per cent adequate and 20 per cent short.