Heavy rains bring harvest to a halt
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Thanks to the recent rainfall, very little combining was completed in Prince Albert and region. Harvest progress all but stopped and remains at 53 per cent complete – the same figure as last week. The five-year average for this time of year is 69 per cent.
Thirty-four per cent of the crop is swathed, but warm weather is needed to dry out the rest for combining. Some crop is coming off tough and being placed in aeration bins.
Rainfall this past week ranged from seven mm near Melfort, to 35 mm in the Nipawin area, which still boasts the most rain in the region, 554 mm, since April 1.
Topsoil moisture conditions have greatly improved with the recent moisture. Across the region, topsoil moisture conditions on cropland are rated as 50 per cent adequate and 45 per cent short and five per cent very short. Hay land and pasture topsoil moisture is rated as 36 per cent adequate and 56 per cent short.
