crop development

Crops catching up to their normal stages of development

Crops catching up to their normal stages of development

Jul 18, 2024 | 11:06am
A week of warmer weather and reduced rainfall has accelerated crop advancement and enabled haying operations to progress throughout the province. With the forecasted heat over the next week many regions are hoping for moisture to help support crop development, reduce crop stress and sustain topsoil moisture conditions. Many areas across the province received reduced […]
Warm weather welcome for crop development, haying operations

Warm weather welcome for crop development, haying operations

Jul 11, 2024 | 3:43pm
Overall, crops across the province remain in good condition, noted the provincial crop report released Thursday morning. This is despite excessive moisture causing crop yellowing and crop loss in low lying areas of some regions, as well as drier conditions in other regions. The hot weather will help crops catch up on development after previous […]
Some regions need warm, drier weather to help crops develop

Some regions need warm, drier weather to help crops develop

Jul 4, 2024 | 3:54pm
Crop conditions are good but still behind development, according to the Saskatchewan Crop Report released Thursday. Rain during the reporting period of June 25 to July 1 was again widespread with some areas getting an excessive amount, resulting in crop yellowing, stunting and root rot development due to moisture stress, leaf diseases in cereal crops, […]
Thanks for the rain, now producers need a run of sun.

Thanks for the rain, now producers need a run of sun.

Jun 20, 2024 | 10:01am
Seeding is virtually complete across Saskatchewan with just one percent of acres left and that is because of all of the rain we have been enjoying, and cursing this spring. The highest rainfall recorded was around Rosthern, with 95 mm. The Nipawin area reported 75 mm followed by the Biggar area at 72 mm. Although […]
Sask Crop Report: most are done seeding, but some are delayed by rainfall

Sask Crop Report: most are done seeding, but some are delayed by rainfall

Jun 13, 2024 | 10:31am
Seeding is as close to complete as it gets, as 98 per cent of the 2024 crop is now in the ground, according to the provincial crop report for the period of June 4 to 10. Rain continued to delay producers in the northeast and east-central regions from continuing seeding operations with a few reporting […]
Seeding almost at the finish line, progress at 94 per cent complete

Seeding almost at the finish line, progress at 94 per cent complete

Jun 6, 2024 | 2:22pm
Within the next week, farmers should be done seeding as the provincial crop report has progress at 94 per cent complete. It’s up from 77 per cent last week but remains behind the 5-year and 10-year averages of 97 per cent complete for this time of year. Despite rain delays, farmers in each region made […]

Crop Report: warm weather helps crop development and haying progress

Jul 21, 2023 | 3:43pm

Warm weather helped crop development and haying progress, according to the Saskatchewan Crop Report. It says 61 percent of fall cereals are at normal stages of development and 35 percent are ahead; 55 percent of spring cereals are at normal stages of development, while 37 percent are ahead; 58 percent of oilseeds are at normal stages […]

Many Sask. farmers done seeding

Jun 15, 2023 | 4:24pm

Most producers in Saskatchewan have finished seeding. 99 percent of the crop has been seeded, slightly up from 96 percent last week, according to today’s crop report. “It’s right where we should be for this time of year,” said Crops Extenstion Specialist with the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture Matthew Struthers. “There’s a little bit of […]

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