Winnipeg, Oct. 20 (CNS Canada) – Wet weather in Saskatchewan continued to delay harvest, and some crops may have to stay over winter, according to the province’s latest crop report.
About 81 percent of crops have been combined, far behind the 97 percent five-year average for this time of year, Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report said.
About 15 percent is in swath or ready to be straight cut.
Harvest is farthest along in the southeastern part of the province, with 90 percent of the harvest in the bin as of Oct. 17.
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Eighty-five percent of the crop is combined in the southwest, 79 percent in the east-central region, 73 percent in the west-central region, 78 percent is combined in the northwest and 80 percent is combined in the northeast, the report said.
Many fields are still wet and some producers say the ground will have to freeze before combines will be able to start rolling again. Some crop might be left out over the winter, the government report said.
Key growing regions in the province saw precipitation of 15 to 35 millimetres, with areas in the northeast and northwest reporting snow as well in the past week.
The moisture has caused lodging, bleaching, sprouting, and grade loss, the report said.
