The latest crop report from Saskatchewan Agriculture says seeding is virtually complete in the province at 99 percent now planted. Rain was received in most areas and was welcome, but more is needed in some regions. The southern and central regions would welcome more moisture. However, there were also reports of localized flooding in […]
The latest Saskatchewan crop report says seeding is virtually complete across the province. Seeding is 99 percent complete in the southeast and southwest, 98 percent in east central, west central and northwest regions and 97 percent in the northeast. A few fields are being seeded for green feed and silage. Most regions had some […]
Saskatchewan farmers made significant seeding progress during the past week. The latest provincial crop report says 80 percent of the crop is in the ground, up from 51 percent last week. Provincial crops extension specialist Sara Tetland says seeding is slightly ahead of the five year average of 78 percent. Crops have started to […]
Saskatchewan farmers made significant seeding progress this past week. Crop extension specialist Sara Tetland says seeding progress more than doubled this past week due to few disruptions in field work. She says seeding is at 51 percent, on track with the 5 year average. Tetland says seeding ranges from 74 percent in the southwest […]
APAS is raising concern about rotating Unifor picket lines threatening to delay spring seeding in Saskatchewan. APAS raised the alarm after a recent picket line made it difficult to access a Co-op farm fuel site in Moose Jaw on Thursday. APAS is raising concerns about access to cardlocks & rural fuel supplies during the […]
Seeding is slowly getting underway in scattered pockets of Saskatchewan. The crop extension specialist in Swift Current, Shannon Chant, says there has been some seeding around Maple Creek and north of Swift Current. Chant adds some pre-seeding herbicide applications are also being done. Chant says soil moisture is relatively good because of recent snow, but […]
Agriculture Canada is predicting a slight increase in area seeded to crops and overall higher crop yield this year. Agriculture Canada says wheat and coarse grain seeded area will see a small rise this year, while oilseeds, pulses and special crops area will decline. The forecast says crop yields will rise about 2 percent and […]
