Saskatchewan crops continue to be helped by warm weather conditions. The majority of crops are in good to excellent condition, including 87 percent of spring wheat, 83 percent of canola, 80 percent of lentils and 89 percent of peas.
High humidity and precipitation have slowed hay progress and decreased the crop’s quality, although 74 percent of the year’s hay crop is rated as good in quality.
Sixty-nine percent of the 2013 hay crop is cut, and 43 percent has been baled or put into silage.
Hay yields are above the five-year average. Dry land yields are reported as 1.5 tons per acre for alfalfa and alfalfa-brome hay, 1.3 tons per acre for other tame hay, one ton per acre for wild hay and two tons per acre for greenfeed.
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Most agriculture areas in the province received rain last week, ranging from trace to 91 millimetres. There has been some crop damage due to flooding, hail, wind and insects.
Across the province, topsoil moisture on cropland is rated as 12 per cent surplus, 80 percent adequate and eight percent short. Hay land and pasture topsoil moisture is rated as nine percent surplus, 82 percent adequate, eight percent short and one percent very short.
