Winnipeg, September 1 (CNS Canada)- Saskatchewan Farmers have been making good harvest progress with the help of a break in the weather over the past few days, according to the province’s weekly crop report
Eighteen per cent of the 2016 crop has been combined and 32 per cent is swathed or ready to cut, which is ahead of the five-year average of 17 per cent combined this time of year
Rain during the week continued to delay harvests for northern and central regions of Saskatchewan, according to the report. Only eight per cent of producers in the west-central and northeastern regions have crop in the bin, and only five per cent in the northwest.
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Some parts of northwestern Saskatchewan also experienced some slight frost on the weekend, with temperatures dipping to -2C in some areas. However, very little crop damage is expected
Ninety-two per cent of winter wheat, 64 per cent of field peas, 40 per cent of lentils, 10 per cent of durum and spring wheat and seven per cent of canola have been combined, the report said, in addition to 52 per cent of canola that has been swathed
Due to the wet and humid haying season, about four per cent of forage acres will be left unharvested, mostly in the west-central and northeastern regions, according to reports
The majority of crop damage over the week was due to prolonged flooding and disease. In comparison to other years, there have been higher incidences of sclerotinia in canola, fusarium in wheat and durum and bleaching of cereals and pulses.
