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By Alice McFarlane

Saskatchewan 2022 Crop Report

Too dry in the west and too wet in the east; Saskatchewan farmers deal with challenging conditions

Jun 10, 2022 | 10:32 AM

MELFORT, Sask. – Saskatchewan producers took advantage of good weather to make substantial seeding progress.

About 91 per cent of the 2022 crop is in the ground which is up from 76 per cent from last week.

It is still behind the five-year average of 97 per cent

Crops extension specialist Matt Struthers said crops on the west side of the province have started to emerge but are now struggling to survive or seed and is sitting in dry ground because there isn’t enough moisture to germinate. Some fields in the southwest and west-central regions are being reseeded due to poor emergence and heavy insect damage.

Struthers said it’s a very different story on the east side.

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“There are many fields that haven’t been seeded yet just due to how wet they are,” Struthers said. “Hopefully, producers are able to get into those fields and seed at least parts of them.”

There are many acres in eastern Saskatchewan that may not be seeded this year due to excess moisture and standing water. Dry weather last week allowed for many fields in the east to dry out enough to allow seeding and producers are hopeful the weather will cooperate and allow them to go back out and seed low areas before the seeding window closes.

The southwest and west-central are virtually complete with 99 per cent of their crop now seeded, 97 per cent in the northwest, 92 per cent in the northeast, 86 per cent in the southeast and 77 per cent in the east-central.

Cropland topsoil moisture is rated as six per cent surplus, 56 per cent adequate, 24 per cent short and 14 per cent very short. Hay and pastureland topsoil moisture is rated as 57 per cent adequate.

Strong winds, frost, drought, flea beetles, grasshoppers and cutworms accounted for most of the crop damage this week.

Farmers have been busy spraying for weed and insect control and moving cattle to pasture.

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alice.mcfarlane@pattisonmedia.com

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