Latest crop report shows harvesting underway

Harvest operations have already begun in some parts of the province, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report for the period July 30 to Aug.5.

As crops continue to mature in the next few weeks, most producers will begin to harvest, the report said. Some crops are one-to-two weeks behind in development and this may be of concern depending on weather during harvest.

Scattered rainfall covered parts of the province this week with some storms bringing hail. The moisture has helped later-seeded crops fill and replenish topsoil moisture. Rainfall ranged from trace amounts to 94 mm in the Porcupine Plain area.

Provincially, topsoil moisture on cropland is rated as one per cent surplus, 60 per cent adequate, 36 per cent short and three per cent very short. Topsoil moisture on hay land and pasture is rated as one per cent surplus, 48 per cent adequate, 41 per cent short and 10 per cent very short.