Released on May 7, 2015
Fourteen per cent of the 2015 crop is in the ground, according to the Saskatchewan Agriculture Crop Report. The five year (2010-2014) average for this time of year is two per cent seeded.Thanks to the dry weather in the southwest, farmers in that region have 34 per cent of the 2015 crop in the ground.
In the rest of the province, seeding has started for most farmers. In the southeast, producers have 14 per cent seeded; west-central producers have eight per cent seeded; northwestern producers seven per cent; east-central producers three per cent and northeastern producers two per cent.
In some areas of the province, spotty rain showers throughout the week have caused some delay in seeding.
Thirty-two per cent of field peas have been seeded, 29 per cent of lentils, 33 per cent of mustard, 25 per cent of durum and eight per cent of spring wheat and canola.
Topsoil moisture conditions on cropland are rated as 16 per cent surplus, 74 per cent adequate and 10 per cent short. Hay land and pasture topsoil moisture is rated as eight per cent surplus, 75 per cent adequate, 14 per cent short and three per cent very short.
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For more information, contact:
Daphne Cruise
Agriculture
Moose Jaw
Phone: 306-694-3587
Email: daphne.cruise@gov.sk.ca