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Saskatchewan Harvest Closing in on Completion
Shannon Friesen - Saskatchewan Agriculture

Farmscape for October 13, 2017

Saskatchewan Agriculture reports the 2017 harvest is now within two weeks of completion.
Saskatchewan Agriculture released its weekly crop report yesterday.
Shannon Friesen, a Cropping Management Specialist with Saskatchewan Agriculture, says most producers with crop still in the fields have indicated that they need only another week or two of ideal weather to complete harvest.

Clip-Shannon Friesen-Saskatchewan Agriculture:
Luckily we have had some relatively warm and dry conditions over the last week or so.
Provincially 94 percent of the crop is now in the bin.
That is up from 89 percent last week and still remains well ahead of the five year average of about 90 percent done for this time of year.
While the majority of producers have now wrapped up harvest many more have indicated that they really only need another week or two of good ideal weather in order to do so.
The bulk of the harvest is coming from the North of the province.
In particular the northwest region gained another 21 percent and the northeast region did quite well as well.
Overall most of the crops have been combined but there are still some flax crops out there, some soybeans and a little bit of oats, canola, barley, durum, spring wheat.
For the most part the pulses have all completely come off, all the fall cereals have completely come off and hopefully we do get some good weather so that the rest of that crop can come off in pretty good shape.
It's the complete reverse from what we were dealing with last year where harvest at this time had basically halted due to some heavy snow that was pretty much right across the province.
I think overall producers have just been going hard trying to get everything off and we're just hopeful that winter holds off for awhile.

Friesen notes the moisture received a week or two ago has allowed producers to get back into the fields to compete fall work and, while soil moisture reserves have improved, significant amounts of rainfall will be needed to replenish both the topsoil and subsoil for next year.
For Farmscape.Ca, I'm Bruce Cochrane.


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