WINNIPEG, Sept. 15 – Rain continued to slow harvest efforts in Saskatchewan, but according to the latest crop report from the Saskatchewan government, good progress was still being made in some areas.
To Sept. 12, 38 percent of the crop had been combined and another 38 percent was swathed or ready to straight-cut, the report said. That was below the five-year average of 44 percent for this time of year.
Producers in the southeast portion were the furthest along, having taken off 52 percent of the crop.
The northeast region, which has seen a lot of rain, was furthest behind at 17 percent.
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Virtually all of the winter wheat was off while 89 percent of the peas, 72 percent of the lentils, 30 percent of the durum and spring wheat had been combined.
Just 25 percent of the province’s canola crop had been combined.
Durum grades are reported as two percent No. 1 CWAD, 17 percent No. 2, 30 percent No. 3 and 51 percent No. 4 and No. 5.
Pea grades are 25 percent 1 CAN, 59 percent 2 CAN, 15 percent 3 CAN and one percent Sample grade.
Lentil grades are four percent 1 CAN, 42 percent 2 CAN, 43 percent 3 CAN and 11 percent Sample grade.
Some producers in the northwest region reported frost during the week. However, the damage is not believed to be serious as temperatures of just -2 Celsius were recorded.
Disease pressures continue to be a feature of the September harvest as bleaching, sprouting, fusarium and earth tag continued to cause grade loss, according to the report.
