First signs of harvest in the northeast
With haying nearly complete in Saskatchewan, farmers are now turning their attention to 2012 crop.
According to Saskatchewan Agriculture, four per cent of the provincial crop has been combined, while seven per cent is ready to be combined. That compares to the five year average of three per combined and and six per cent swathed.
The combines are just starting to hit the fields in the northeast with less than one per cent combined.
Winter wheat, fall rye and peas are the first crops starting to come off the fields, said crop specialist Grant McLean, but the canola is at least another week away.
“They’re just starting swathing and our reporters indicate one per cent have been swathed.”
With harvest season ramping up, McLean says most producers are wishing for warm dry weather to finish crops off and allow them to bring heavy equipment onto their fields.