Seeding nearly complete on Saskatchewan farms
Seeding in Saskatchewan is more than three-quarters complete, but wet weather this spring has left producers well behind the five-year average.
According to the crop report from the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, which covered the week ending on Monday, 77 per cent of the 2024 crop is in the ground. That’s behind the five-year average of 91 per cent, but the report indicated that many producers expect to finish their seeding operations this week if the weather co-operates.
Seeding is furthest along in the southeast, where 84 per cent of the crop is in the ground. The northeast region is furthest behind, with seeding just 68 per cent complete.
Scattered showers over the past week improved topsoil conditions around the province, with moisture levels showing improvements over previous years when farmers were stricken by drought in many areas. The Sonningdale area saw 45 millimetres of rain over the week covered by the report, while 36 mm fell around the Battlefords and Raddison.