Saskatchewan haying operations are underway, and producers are reporting that quality is good to excellent.
The provincial crop report issued today said 17 percent of the hay crop is cut and eight percent has been baled or put into silage.
Ninety percent is rated good to excellent.
Fall cereals are entering the dough stage, and most spring cereals are jointed to heading. The majority of pulses are in the vegetative to flowering stages, while flax fields are mostly seedling to flowering. Canola and mustard are beginning to flower.
There were large amounts of rain and wind and some hail damage last week. Cabbage seedpod weevil is also damaging crops, as are cereal leaf diseases and root rot.
Topsoil moisture conditions remain good, at 78 percent adequate, 20 percent surplus and two percent short on crop land. On hay and pasture, conditions are 85 percent adequate, 12 percent surplus and three percent short.
