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By Angie Rolheiser

Crop report

Ongoing signs of heat stress in crops this week

Jul 22, 2021 | 12:00 PM

MELFORT , Sask — Crops in Saskatchewan are maturing rapidly and showing ongoing signs of heat stress this week.

Provincial crops extension specialist Matt Struthers said it is too late for rain to improve yields, but any precipitation is welcome to maintain yields through the hot weather.

Some producers are cutting their poor crops for livestock feed according to Struthers.

“There have been a lot of cereals and pulse fields being cut up and baled and then hopefully being sold to livestock producers,” Struthers said. “It is not necessarily a positive, but it is nice to see neighbours helping neighbours.”

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Struthers said haying is 61 per cent baled or put into silage and yields are well below normal.

Along with the heat and dry conditions, grasshoppers are becoming a problem.

“The grasshoppers are out of control and popping up everywhere, even in places that don’t typically get dry enough for grasshoppers,” Struthers said. “Some fields have been sprayed twice for them to keep them under control, but producers are hopefully only spraying fields that are worth spraying.”

Other causes of crop loss have included hail, winds, and heat this past week.

According to Struthers, Redvers in the southeast had 3 inches or 75 millimeters of rain, while Stoughton and Kisbey had 34 millimeters.

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angie.rolheiser@pattisonmedia.com

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