Harvest

Harvest reaches 69 percent across Sask grainbelt

Oct 17, 2019 | 1:27pm

  The latest crop report says there was limited harvest progress across Saskatchewan this past week. Provincial crops analyst Shannon Friesen says 69 percent of the crop is in the bin, up from 55 percent last week but well behind the average of 88 percent for this date. She says most of the progress was […]

Wet fall weather hampers harvest and slows crop hail adjustments

Oct 16, 2019 | 6:00am

Heavy rain and snow from late season storms is slowing down crop hail damage adjustments. The president of the Canadian Crop Hail Association, Rick Omelchenko, is asking farmers to be patient and leave adequate check-strips for adjusters. He says an adequate check strip for crop damage is at least 20 by 30 feet in the […]

Decent weather finally in the forecast for those still harvesting

Oct 15, 2019 | 5:31am

There’s a relatively good outlook for harvest weather this coming week in southern Saskatchewan. Combining is just over half done after numerous delays from recent rain and snow. Environment Canada senior climatologist David Phillips said the forecast is for cool and relatively dry weather this week followed by a warm up. “Certainly we see a […]

Sask harvest reaches 55 percent

Oct 10, 2019 | 11:58am

  Saskatchewan farmers made limited harvest progress this past week due to rain and snow. Provincial crops analyst Cory Jacob says 55 percent of the crop is in the bin, up from 47 percent last week but well behind the average of 82 percent for this time of year. He says most of the crop […]

Snowfall in southern Sask. grainbelt puts another halt to a late harvest

Oct 10, 2019 | 6:00am

This week’s snowfall across much of the southern Saskatchewan grainbelt has put harvest on hold again. Regina has a covering of snow. The weather office says no snow in Saskatoon, 3 centimeters in Yorkton and 5 centimeters in Weyburn and Assiniboia. SaskWheat vice chair Scott Hepworth says the ground is white with snow around Assiniboia, […]

Harvest is underway again in Sask. after being delayed by rain and snow last week

Oct 8, 2019 | 5:45am

The combines are rolling again in parts of the Saskatchewan grainbelt after being delayed by last week’s rain and snow. The regional crop specialist in Weyburn, Sherri Roberts, says harvest is 40 to 80 percent complete in southeast Saskatchewan. She says some farmers were harvesting wheat on the weekend and one producer highlighted weather downgrading. […]

Harvest reaches 47 percent across Saskatchewan

Oct 3, 2019 | 11:57am

  Saskatchewan farmers made limited harvest progress this past week. Provincial crops analyst Cory Jacob says 47 percent of the crop is in the bin, up from 39 percent last week but well behind the 5 year average of 75 percent for this date. He says most of the crop is being harvested in tough […]

Sask. Minister of Agriculture says snow poses big challenge to harvest

Oct 2, 2019 | 6:00am

Agriculture minister David Marit says this week’s heavy snowfall in western Saskatchewan poses a big challenge for farmers. An estimated 50 percent of the crop remains to be combined this fall and Marit says the snow will flatten many crops. He says the flattened crops will force farmers to be slow and careful when combining. […]

Weekend rain and snow cause more harvest delays across Saskatchewan

Sep 30, 2019 | 3:48pm

Weekend rain and snow will cause more harvest delays across the Saskatchewan grainbelt. The snowfall ranges from 40 centimeters in Cypress Hills to two inches at Rosetown and a covering of snow in Regina and Saskatoon. Wheat Growers chair Jim Wickett at Rosetown says some crops have been flattened and downgraded to livestock feed by […]

Sask harvest reaches 39 percent complete

Sep 26, 2019 | 11:39am

  Saskatchewan farmers made some harvest progress despite rain this past week. Provincial crops analyst Shannon Friesen says 39 percent of crops are in the bin, up from 23 percent last week but well behind the average of 62 percent for this date. She says rainfall ranged from a trace to 94 millimeters near Ituna […]

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