By paNOW Staff

Local farmers on track for excellent crop

Jun 23, 2016 | 2:06 PM

The Ministry of Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report has affirmed what the Saskatchewan’s Stockgrowers Association said earlier this week — farmers could be in store for an excellent crop year.

Crop development in most parts of the province is well ahead of normal, despite some rainfall this past week.

Rainfall ranged from 7 mm in the Kinistino area to 38 mm. in the Porcupine Plain area.

Porcupine Plain currently holds the regional record for the greatest amount of precipitation (148 mm) since April 1.

Topsoil moisture conditions on cropland are rated as one per cent surplus, 88 per cent adequate and 11 per cent short. Hay land and pasture topsoil moisture is rated as 90 per cent adequate and 10 per cent short.

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Generally crops are advancing well in the Prince Albert, Nipawin and Melfort areas. 

Ninety-eight per cent of pulse crops, 94 per cent of spring cereals and oilseed crops and 93 per cent of fall cereals are at or ahead of their normal stage of development for this time of year.

Crops are also advancing well in the Shellbrook and Hafford areas with 98 per cent of fall cereals, 97 per cent of spring cereals and 96 per cent of oilseed crops and pulse crops at or ahead of their normal stage of development at this time of year.

Some crop damage has been attributed to gophers.

Farmers will be busy this week controlling weeds and scouting for insects and diseases.

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