By Alice McFarlane

Southern and east central regions concerned about soil moisture levels

Jun 25, 2020 | 12:18 PM

While some areas received a much-welcomed rainfall last week there are still concerns about dry conditions in southern and east central regions of Saskatchewan.

In the latest crop report, Crops Extension Specialist Sara Tetland said in addition to low soil moisture levels there were other factors affecting crop development.

“There also has been damage reported from flea beetles, cutworms and gophers especially in the southern regions and isolated reports of hail damage in east central and southeast,” Tetland told farmnewsNOW.

A lack of rainfall is also causing concern for livestock producers.

“Hay and pasture development has been delayed or slowed down and this might push first cut timing of hay fields or they might see some reduced yields compared to if they had a little more moisture and heat,” Tetland said.

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The East Central Research Foundation coordinator Mike Hall said a good soaking rain is needed in the Yorkton area.

“We weren’t starting with an awful lot of soil reserves for moisture because we’ve had dry summers before, but we had a lot more moisture that carried us through the dry times. I don’t think we were starting with that much this time,” Hall said.

The northwest region reported cool temperatures slowed crop growth.

Most areas of the northeast received rainfall this past week. While the rain was good news, farmers reported standing water in some fields.

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