聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 The harvest season is already beginning, and farmers are already pleased to see the crops returning good yields.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Mat Dennison, agronomist with Prairie Soil Services Ltd., said that cereal crops have already been harvested in most of the area. Oats and wheat are bringing in an average yield of 60 to 80 bushels, which is above average.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Canola swathing is beginning, but farmers are 小蓝视频 cautious regarding their progress in that area.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淒isease pressure is quite high this year, and our farmers have noticed that while swathing,鈥� he said.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Weather, on the other hand, has been drier than most of the summer. Aside from a few damp days, the sun and cool weather are helping farmers along. 鈥淗opefully the weather will hold and the rain won鈥檛 come in,鈥� Dennison said.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 According to Saskatchewan Agriculture鈥檚 Weekly Crop Report issued for August 23 to 29, 18 per cent of crops have been combined, and 32 per cent is swathed or ready to straight-cut. This is slightly ahead of the five-year average of 17 per cent combined.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Harvest was furthest ahead in the southeast, where producers have 34 per cent of crops in bins, compared to 25 per cent in southwest Saskatchewan, 12 in the east central region, eight per cent in west central and five in the northwest, according to the Ministry of Agriculture.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 About 92 per cent of winter wheat, 64 per cent of field peas, 40 per cent of lentils, 10 per cent of durum, 10 per cent of spring wheat and seven per cent of canola have been combined.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Pasture conditions are mainly good and excellent, though there is a chance of damage due to flooding, sclerotinia in canola, fusarium in wheat and durum, and bleaching in cereals and pulses.
