Saskatchewan farmers made limited harvest progress this past week. Provincial crops analyst Cory Jacob says a few combines were running this week, but harvest is stalled around the 91 percent complete mark, up maybe one percent from a week ago. He says recent snow has put a halt to most harvest work. He says some […]
The east central region of Saskatchewan has seen 82% of their crop enter the bin, which is 8% lass than the provincial rate at 90%, and is worst in the province. In that region, farmers in the Quill Lakes area have had to deal with water on their fields, or in some areas, drought until […]
Saskatchewan Agriculture’s final weekly crop report of the season shows 90 percent of the crop is now in the bin which is up from last week’s figure of 83 percent, but still well behind the five year average of 96 percent. The report states many areas received mixed precipitation which stalled most harvest operations with […]
Beets, carrots and potatoes thrived under cooler Saskatchewan growing conditions this year. Precipitation was below normal early in the year, but picked up by early summer in most areas. With the exception of some dryland potato acres, most vegetables in Saskatchewan are raised with some form of irrigation. Hot, sunny weather was less prevalent in […]
It has been a very challenging growing season and for some farmers it may not end until next spring. The southeast and east-central areas have the most crop on the field, but it’s not confined to one specific region. “If we don’t see the weather warm up significantly, I think it is going to be […]
Saskatchewan farmers made good harvest progress this past week. Provincial crops analyst Cory Jacob says harvest is at 83 percent, up from 69 percent a week ago but still behind the long-term average of 93 percent for this date. He says significant progress was made despite saturated soils in parts of the eastern grainbelt. […]
Farm trade is expected to be among the key agricultural issues raised during the fall session of the Saskatchewan legislature, which opened Wednesday in Regina. Agriculture minister David Marit says the late harvest and farm trade are likely to be among the items raised during the fall sitting of the legislature. He says there are […]
Early results of harvest grain samples show some high quality wheat is in the bin. As of mid-October, the Canadian Grain Commission says about 31 percent of the 800 Saskatchewan wheat samples were in the top grade, 42 percent number 2 and the remaining 27 percent evenly split between number 3 and feed. Grain Commission […]
A return to dry weather is enabling many farmers to get back on the combine this week. The regional crop specialist in Weyburn, Sherri Roberts, says farmers are in a rush to wrap up the 2019 harvest, which ranges from 60 to 100 percent depending on the area of the southeast. She says it could […]
A group of farmers are gathering at one Saskatchewan farm to complete harvest of 14 quarters of land. About 30 to 40 farmers in the Southey area are helping the Berkan family after Trevor Berkan passed away at the age of 41, leaving behind a wife and four kids, as well as unharvested land. Dan […]
