Released on May 24, 2012
Sixty-four per cent of the 2012 crop has been seeded, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture's Weekly Crop Report. The five-year (2007-2011) average for this time of year is approximately 44 per cent seeded.
Seeding significantly advanced this past week due to warm weather and dry field conditions. Sixty-eight per cent of the crop is seeded in the southeast, 75 per cent in the southwest, 50 per cent in the east-central area, 65 per cent in the west-central area, 66 per cent in the northeast and 67 per cent in the northwest.
This week's precipitation varied from trace amounts to well over an inch in southwestern regions. Topsoil moisture on cropland is rated as nine per cent surplus, 88 per cent adequate and three per cent short. Hay land and pasture topsoil moisture is eight per cent surplus, 87 per cent adequate and five per cent short.
Livestock water availability is adequate and pasture conditions are rated as 26 per cent excellent, 64 per cent good, nine per cent fair and one per cent poor.
Farmers are busy seeding, controlling weeds and moving cattle to pasture.
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For more information, contact:
Grant McLean
Agriculture
Moose Jaw
Phone: 306-694-3592