By farmnewsNOW Staff

Harvest well ahead of five-year average

Aug 23, 2018 | 10:18 AM

Saskatchewan farmers have taken advantage of the warm, dry weather, according to this week’s crop report.

Sixteen per cent of the 2018 crop is now in the bin, up from five per cent last week and significantly ahead of the five-year average of seven per cent for this time of year. Twenty-two per cent of the crop is now swathed or ready to straight-cut. Reported yields vary greatly, depending on moisture received in the past few months.

Crops specialist Shannon Friesen told farmnewsNOW, if everything continues as is, harvest will wrap up a lot quicker this year, but addded some rain in the forecast this week may slow operations down.

Harvest is most advanced in the southwest, where 31 per cent of the crop is now combined. The northeast which includes the Prince Albert and Melfort areas now has four per cent combined, while the northwest has one per cent done.

The majority of crop damage this past week was due to lack of moisture and warm temperatures. As well, strong winds have blown swaths around. The Humboldt area received frost, although damage is expected to be minimal as crops were advanced enough.

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Pastures and hay crops continue to decline due to lack of moisture. Pasture conditions are currently rated as 17 per cent good, 28 per cent fair, 29 per cent poor and 26 per cent very poor.  

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