Released on July 7, 2011
Saskatchewan livestock producers have eight per cent of the 2011 hay crop cut and two per cent baled or put into silage. Seventy-one per cent of the hay crop is rated as good to excellent in quality.
Sixty-one per cent of the fall cereals are in the heading stage, 60 per cent of the spring cereals are in the jointed to shot-blade stage, 46 per cent of the canola and mustard is in the rosette stage, 71 per cent of the pulses are in the vegetative stage and 47 per cent of the flax is in the seedling stage.
Across the province, topsoil moisture on cropland is rated as 27 per cent surplus, 69 per cent adequate and four per cent short. Hay land and pasture topsoil moisture is rated as 24 per cent surplus, 72 per cent adequate and four per cent short.
Thunderstorms in some areas resulted in varying amounts of precipitation and high winds. Flooding and saturated conditions continue in the southern and southeastern regions, although some areas have dried up enough for producers to access unseeded acres in order to control weeds.
Flooding, hail and disease are causing the majority of crop damage.
Farmers are busy scouting crops, controlling disease and haying.
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For more information, contact:
Grant McLean
Agriculture
Moose Jaw
Phone: 306-694-3592