Released on July 14, 2011
Saskatchewan livestock producers made good haying progress over the last week and now have 19 per cent of the hay crop cut with 14 per cent baled or put into silage. Eighty-three per cent of the hay crop is rated as good to excellent in quality.
Sixty-two per cent of the fall cereals are at the normal stages of development. Fifty-three per cent of the spring cereals, 52 per cent of the oilseeds and 50 per cent of the pulse crops are behind normal in development.
Eighty-two per cent of the winter wheat and 79 per cent of the peas are in good to excellent condition. Eighty-one per cent of the spring wheat and lentils, 80 per cent of the durum and 74 per cent of the canola is in good to fair condition. The majority of crop damage is due to disease, hail and flooding.
Across the province, topsoil moisture on cropland is rated as 15 per cent surplus, 77 per cent adequate, seven per cent short and one per cent very short. Hay land and pasture topsoil moisture is rated as 12 per cent surplus, 82 per cent adequate and six per cent short.
Thunderstorms in some areas resulted in varying amounts of precipitation, high winds and hail.
Farmers are busy haying, scouting crops, controlling disease and controlling weeds on unseeded acres.
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For more information, contact:
Grant McLean
Agriculture
Moose Jaw
Phone: 306-694-3592