Warm, dry and windy weather has allowed Saskatchewan producers to combine 89 percent of the 2012 crop as of Sept. 24.
The province’s weekly crop report said another eight percent is ready to combine or swath.
The five-year average is 70 percent combined and 21 percent ready for harvest.
Southern areas are furthest advanced with western farmers at 97 percent and eastern farmers 95 percent done.
In the central region, 88 percent of eastern farmers and 85 percent of western farmers are done.
And in the north, eastern and western farmers are 83 and 82 percent complete, respectively.
Eighty-nine percent of spring wheat, 94 percent of durum, 92 percent of barley, 88 percent of canola and 51 percent of flax is in the bin.
Dry topsoil conditions are becoming a concern. Thirty-six percent of topsoil on cropland is considered short and 19 percent very short.
On hay and pasture, moisture is rated 40 percent adequate, 34 percent short and 26 percent very short.
Pasture conditions are 41 percent good and 32 percent fair. Fifteen percent are in poor condition and seven percent are very poor. The remaining five percent is excellent.
