By Alice McFarlane

Saskatchewan growers make seeding progress but still behind average

Jun 2, 2022 | 10:45 AM

MELFORT, Sask. — Saskatchewan farmers continue to make good seeding progress.

The Ministry of Agriculture reported 76 per cent of the crop is in the ground but are still well behind the five-year average of 93 per cent.

The driest part of the province in the southwest is at 97 per cent complete. The east-central region is least advanced at 50 per cent.

Clinton Monchuk farms in the Lanigan and Leroy areas. He said seeding this spring has seen many starts and stops due to weather with his farm getting four inches of rain in May.

“We’ve been getting our fair share of rain. I don’t want to complain to much,” Monchuk said. “Further east of us, they’ve got quite a bit more rain than what we’ve had.”

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Monchuk grows a variety of crops including the fall rye that was seeded last year. He also grows oats, canola, wheat barley and brown mustard. He still has some canola and barley left to seed.

“Hopefully, fingers crossed, we can be done by the weekend,” he said.

Some of the mustard, barley and canola that was planted in mid may is coming up. Monchuk said the ranch land and its looking great.

“Our dugouts and water ponds are at about two-thirds to three-quarters capacity and the grass is looking really nice. The cattle will be going out in mid-June, so pastures look pretty good out here.”

Ninety-five per cent of the crop is seeded in west-central, 93 per cent in the northwest, 64 per cent per cent in the southeast, and 60 per cent in the northeast.

Provincially, 96 per cent of lentils and chickpeas, 93 per cent of field peas, 91 per cent of durum, 79 per cent of canary seed, 75 per cent of spring wheat, 69 per cent of barley, 66 per cent of canola, 65 per cent of flax and 51 per cent of oats have been seeded to date.

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alice.mcfarlane@pattisonmedia.com

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