By paNOW Staff

Warm and dry weather benefit harvest in Saskatchewan

Sep 26, 2014 | 6:36 AM

The Saskatchewan harvest has advanced thanks to the recent warm and relatively dry weather.

According to this week’s crop report from Saskatchewan Agriculture, Saskatchewan farmers are behind the five-year average amount for crops combined.

Farmers are ahead in the crops swathed or ready to straight-cut, sitting at thirty-seven per cent up from 25 per cent.

Forty-three per cent of this year’s crop has been combined, which is falling behind the five-year average of 58 per cent.

However, this is a major improvement from last week’s 23 per cent.

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Twenty-five percent of the crop is ready to be straight-cut or swathed.

The southwestern part of the province has the most combined crop at 54 per cent.

The northwestern region isn’t too far behind at 47 per cent.

The northeastern portion of the province has 45 per cent combined, the southeastern region is at 41 per cent, and the west-central region has 46 per cent combined.

Moisture, disease and frost have damaged several crops this harvest season. Strong winds and waterfowl also caused some damage this week.

Out of the crops that have already been harvested, barley has 58 bushels per acre, hard red spring wheat yields at 39 bushels per acre and 37 bushels per acre of durum.

Canola and field peas both have 32 bushels per acre.

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