‘More salt in the wound’; heavy rain and hail an issue after a difficult growing season
MELFORT, Sask. — Despite the recent rain delays, the Saskatchewan harvest progressed quickly last week especially in the northern regions.
The latest crop report has 36 per cent of the crop in the bin, up from 29 per cent last week and well over the five-year average of 22 per cent.
The southwest region continues to have the most progress in the province with 47 per cent of the crop now combined. The southeast region has 42 per cent in the bin, the west central is at 36 per cent, the northeast is at 34 per cent, east central at 25 per cent and the northwest reporting 21 per cent combined.
An additional 30 per cent of the crop is now swathed or ready to straight-cut.