Winnipeg — The president of the Saskatchewan Mustard Development Commission says he’s optimistic this year’s mustard crop will be OK after temperatures dipped below freezing last weekend.
But, during an interview on June 1, Richard Marleau says it will take another four to five days before anyone knows for sure.
“(In southwest Saskatchewan) it was zero and it wasn’t freezing for that long, just a couple of hours,” he said.
Closer to the end of the week, he expects producers will know the true extent of the damage and whether they have to reseed.
“To reseed the mustard … seed costs aren’t as much as canola would be. But it’s your time and effort and doing something twice,” he said.
Marleau also said it will depend what stage the mustard seed was at when the frost hit it.
