Combining in Saskatchewan ahead of five-year average

Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm – Harvesting in Saskatchewan is in the home stretch as warm and dry conditions for the week ended Sept. 30 saw a 12-point gain to 91 per cent complete, the provincial agriculture department reported. While that’s four point back of where combining was this time last year, it’s eight points up on the five-year average.

By region, southwest Saskatchewan was at 99 per cent harvested, the southeast at 94 per cent, west-central 90 per cent, east-central 88 per cent, the northwest at 85 per cent and the northeast at 81 per cent.

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Fall rye and lentils officially reached the finished column after being 99 per cent harvested last week. They join field peas, winter wheat and triticale which were already complete.

Durum progressed to 99 per cent done, with barley and mustard at 98 per cent, spring wheat at 96 per cent, chickpeas at 95 per cent, and oats at 94 per cent. Also, canaryseed reached 92 per cent finished, followed by canola at 82 per cent, flax at 68 per cent and soybeans at 56 per cent.

Saskatchewan’s oats yielded 75 bushels per acre, with barley at 62, spring wheat between 46 to 49, the winter wheat at 47 and the fall rye at 46. As well, field peas produced 35 bu./ac., canola at 33, durum at 32, soybeans at 29, and flax at 22. Of crops yielding by the pound, chickpeas garnered 1,431 pounds per acre, canaryseed 1,250, lentils 1,220 and mustard is at 688.

Topsoil moisture conditions slipped during the week, at 60 per cent adequate, 34 per cent short, and six per cent very short. Hayland topsoil moisture rated 50 per cent adequate, 35 per cent short and 15 per cent very short. Pasture topsoil moisture were reported at 43 per cent adequate, 37 per cent short and 20 per cent very short. The crop report noted farmers are hoping for good amounts of rain before freeze-up.

Although the harvest is almost finished, there was still instances of crop damage from strong winds, wildlife and waterfowl.