By Alice McFarlane

Rain delays seeding in eastern Saskatchewan

May 26, 2022 | 2:34 PM

MELFORT, Sask. – Saskatchewan farmers made some seeding progress in the past week, despite a storm that brought snow and rain to parts of the province.

Fifty-two per cent of the 2022 crop is now seeded, up from 33 per cent last week.

The west central region is the farthest along with 81 per cent of the crop seeded. Seventy-six per cent of the crop is seeded in the northwest, 73 per cent seeded in the southwest, 44 per cent seeded in the southeast, 22 per cent seeded in the northeast and 21 per cent seeded in the east-central region of the province.

Anna Lazar from the Wadena area said seeding is underway for her family with about 25 per cent of their 2,500-acre crop planted.

Lazar said they are putting seed into good moisture this year.

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“It’s incredible this year with both rain and snow. At one point we had four inches of snow before the May long weekend,” Lazar said.

Rob Stone farms in the Davidson area, halfway between Saskatoon and Regina.

“We’re seeding canola right now and over halfway through getting the canola in the ground and then just a couple of quarters of wheat to finish up so getting along real well,” Stone said. “It doesn’t seem like we’ve been at it that long, but we started Apr. 30. We had a couple of very welcome delays for some moisture.”

Rain caused a few delays especially on the eastern side of the province. The Hudson Bay area reported 88 millimeters, the Rama area 83 mm, the Indian Head 32 mm and the Biggar and Cando areas 11 mm.

While rain is welcome in the eastern half of the province, many producers are eager to continue their seeding operations.

Earlier seeded crops have started to emerge where moisture is sufficient, but cool weather over the past week has slowed development.

Most crops are rated as normal for their development except for canola, which was rated as 67 per cent behind. This is likely due to the extremely dry conditions in the southwest and west central regions, delaying growth and the recent cool weather across the whole province.

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alice.mcfarlane@pattisonmedia.com

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