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Crop Report For The Period August 20 To August 26, 2019

Released on August 29, 2019


Despite cool and wet weather, producers were able to make some harvest progress this week according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report. Six per cent of the crop is now combined, which is up from two per cent last week, but behind the five-year (2014-2018) average of 16 per cent for this time of year.

Eight per cent of the crop is now swathed or ready to straight-cut, which is behind the five-year (2014-2018) average of 19 per cent.  Fifty-two per cent of the fall rye, 43 per cent of the winter wheat, 27 per cent of the field peas, 25 per cent of the lentils, four per cent of the barley, three per cent of the durum, two per cent of the oats and one per cent of the mustard and spring wheat is now stored in bins.  An additional five per cent of canola and one per cent of the mustard has been swathed.

Harvest progress is most advanced in the southern regions where 12 per cent of the crop is now combined.  Producers in the west-central region have three per cent combined, the east-central region two per cent, the northeast region one per cent and less than one per cent of the crop is combined in the northwest region.  Producers expect harvest operations to be in full-swing as the crops mature in the coming weeks.

Rainfall covered a significant portion of the province this week.  Rainfall ranged from trace amounts to up to 130 mm in the Lipton area. Provincially, topsoil moisture on cropland is rated as seven per cent surplus, 78 per cent adequate, 12 per cent short and three per cent very short.  Topsoil moisture on hay land and pasture is rated as two per cent surplus, 74 per cent adequate, 21 per cent short and three per cent very short.

The majority of crop damage this week was from strong winds and hail.  Across the province pasture conditions are rated as two per cent excellent, 41 per cent good, 39 per cent fair, 14 per cent poor and four per cent very poor.  Farmers are busy getting ready for harvest, swathing, desiccating and combining crops.

A complete, printable version of the Crop Report is available online at www.saskatchewan.ca/crop-report. Follow the 2019 Crop Report on Twitter at @SKAgriculture.

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For more information, contact:

Cory Jacob
Agriculture
Moose Jaw
Phone: 3066943587
Email: cory.jacob@gov.sk.ca

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