(Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)

By Alice McFarlane

Crop Report

Producers tackle pulse crops with harvest underway

Aug 22, 2019 | 3:23 PM

It was a relatively quiet week for harvesting with just two per cent of the crop combined.

This weeks Ministry of Agriculture crop report said that’s behind the five year average of nine per cent.

The most progress has been with fall rye and winter wheat at 39 per cent and 23 per cent respectively.

Only 10 per cent of field peas have been combined.

Josh Prybylski farms about 13,000 acres near Willowbrook about 25 kilometres west of Yorkton.

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He started combining yellow peas this week.

“We started on Monday afternoon combining peas and it was going good so far,” Prybylski said. “About 600 acres combined so far.”

Like many areas the season started quite dry, but, Prybylski said the crop came through fairly well.

“They were dry at times. They had pretty good vegetational growth. I thought they might yield a little more then they are but we’re very pleased with what we are getting,” Prybylski said. “I think it dried up here about a month ago and it just didn’t quite fill the top pods as they looked like they might be able to if we would have got another rain in late July. That’s weather for you.”

Prybylski said the yields have been good ranging from 45 to 65 bushels per acre, which is very good for his farm.

Producers in the central and northern regions have less than one per cent of the crop stored in bins. Some areas are still needing time before the combines get rolling.

Sherrilynn Phelps is the agronomy manager of Sask Pulse growers. During a recent crop tour of the northeast she was encouraged by what she saw.

“I got to see some peas and faba bean crops and, of course, other crops as we were driving around. Things look to be in pretty good shape up there in terms of crop growth and conditions,” Phelps said. “The peas are getting close to being dessicated, some of them have been dessicated. The faba beans are a little bit later so they’re still a good two to three weeks away from harvest management.”

The majority of crop damage this week was from strong winds and a lack of moisture. Some areas of the province reported frost and, although it was reported to be a light frost, some crop damage may have occurred.

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