This year’s harvest is virtually complete in Saskatchewan, sitting at 99 per cent complete.
Little to no rainfall last week allowed farmers to wrap up combining. Producers in the southwest, southeast, and west-central regions are completely done, while producers in the northeast are virtually done at 99 per cent, and farmers in the east-central and northwest are almost done at 98 per cent complete.
Crops that remain in the field are canola, oats, flax and soybeans. Harvest progress for oats is at 99 per cent, canola and flax are almost harvested at 98 per cent and while soybeans are 90 per cent combined, the remaining 10 per cent is ready to be taken off.
All winter cereals, tritiale, field peas, lentils, durum, mustard, chickpeas, spring wheat, barley, and canary seed are in the bin.
Post-harvest work continues as farmers are spraying weeds, harrowing, and preparing livestock operations for the winter.
The most rainfall recorded last week was a tie between Wapella, Choiceland, and North Battleford with 10 mm, followed by Star City at nine millimetres, and the Arborfield and St. Brieux areas each got eight millimetres.
Topsoil moisture levels went down as a result of the drier conditions. Moisture for crop land is 54 per cent adequate, 37 per cent short and nine per cent very short. Moisture for hay land is 45 per cent adequate, 41 per cent short and 14 per cent very short. And moisture for pasture land is 37 per cent adequate, 42 per cent short, and 21 per cent very short. Producers are hoping more rain comes before freeze-up.
This is the last Crop Report until the final one is issued October 30.
