REGINA – Wet weather is putting a damper on the 2013 harvest.
According to the weekly crop report, significant rainfall slowed progress in most areas of the province.
Despite the wet weather, 79 per cent of the crop is now combined with 15 per cent swathed or ready to straight-cut.
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The five-year average is 74 and 18 per cent respectively.
The west-central region is furthest along with only five per cent left to combine while 28 per is left to combine in the southeast.
The weather has caused some damage to the crops. Rain has resulted in bleaching and sprouting of some cereal crop while wind has caused some shattering losses in swathed canola and ripe crops.
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