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ONLY ONE PER CENT OF THE 1998 CROP REMAINS UNHARVESTED

Released on September 21, 1998

Harvest progress continued last week and stands at 99 per cent

complete, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food's weekly crop

report.



Combining of all crops, with the exception of flax, sunflowers and

canary seed, is at least 98 per cent complete. All crop districts,

with the exception of crop district one in southeast Saskatchewan, are

at least 98 per cent complete.



Rain in many areas of the province at the end of the week was

welcomed. Farmers who were holding off on their fall work because of

the dry conditions will now be able to continue fall tillage and

spraying operations. More fertilizer will probably be applied and

more fall crops seeded.



With only an additional one per cent of the spring wheat harvested

over the past seven days, the quality estimate remains basically the

same with 73 per cent of the crop expected to grade No. 1 Canada

Western (CW), 22 per cent 2 CW, four per cent 3 CW and one per cent

Canada Feed. These estimates may decline slightly because the

unharvested crops may suffer some quality damage from the rain.



Crop damage reported during the week was mainly from wind and drought. Some flooding damage was reported in the southeast and some frost damage was reported in north central areas. Grasshopper and wheat midge damage was also reported.



The Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation reminds customers to

file post-harvest claims immediately after completing harvest.

If yields and/or quality are lower than your production

guarantee, you may be in a claim position. Call your

Saskatchewan Crop Insurance office toll-free today to register a

claim.



This is the last regular crop report for the 1998 season. The

final report will be released on October 15, 1998.



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For more information, contact:



Terry Karwandy

Agriculture Economist

Statistics Branch

Agriculture and Food

Regina

Phone: (306)787-5956

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