Saskatchewan farmers made tremendous harvest progress this past week. Provincial crops extension specialist Matt Struthers says 56 percent of the crop has been combined, up from 36 percent last week and ahead of the five year average of 35 percent. Harvest ranges from 75 percent in the southwest to 37 percent in the northwest. Estimated […]
Saskatchewan farmers made good harvest progress this past week despite cool wet weather. Provincial crops extension specialist Matt Struthers says 36 percent of the crop has been combined, up from 29 percent the previous week and ahead of the 5 year average of 22 percent. Harvest ranges from 47 percent in the southwest to 21 […]
Saskatchewan farmers made some harvest progress this past week despite cool, rainy weather. Provincial crops extension specialist Matt Struthers says 29 percent of the crop has been combined, up from 20 percent last week and well ahead of the five year average of 12 percent. Harvest ranges from 43 percent in the southwest, 30 percent […]
Saskatchewan harvest is progressing very quickly with 20 percent of the crop in the bin. Thats up from seven percent last week and well ahead of the average of four percent. The latest provincial crop report sdays some farmers have indicated yields are worse than expected while those who had timely rains are seeing yields […]
Farmers in Saskatchewan are being advised to take precautions to avoid combine fires during harvest. Weyburn crop extension specialist Sherri Roberts says there have been some combine fires during harvest, including an incident at nearby McTaggart this week. She says the fire was put out but advises farmers to carry a fire extinguisher. Roberts also […]
Harvest is advancing across Saskatchewan with seven percent of the crop in the bin. That’s up from last week’s three percent and the average of one percent for this date. The latest crop report says scattered showers throughout the province have caused short delays to harvest but farmers are happy to finally receive rain. 54 […]
The latest crop report says hot dry weather has accelerated crop development and some farmers have started combining. Estimated yields for many crops across the province are expected to be well below average. Any rain now won’t improve yields but would have a positive effect next year. Rainfall this past week varied across the […]
A provincial crops official says this week’s snowcover will benefit some late maturing crops in southeast Saskatchewan. The crop extension specialist in Weyburn, Sherri Roberts, says the snowcover will assist farmers who still have sunflowers to harvest. There have been several field fires during harvest this fall and Roberts says the snow will reduce the […]
Harvest is nearing completion across the Saskatchewan grainbelt. The latest provincial crop report says 99 percent of combining is complete, up from 96 percent last week and well ahead of the five year average of 83 percent for this date. Harvest is virtually complete in the south and west-central regions, 99 percent in east-central […]
Harvest is nearing completion across the Saskatchewan grainbelt. The latest provincial crop report says 96 percent of the crop has been combined, up from 89 percent last week and ahead of the average of 76 percent for this date. Harvest ranges from 99 percent in the southwest to 91 percent in the northwest. Estimated yields […]
