Harvest nearly complete

The finish line is now within reach for farmers in the Prince Albert and Shellbrook areas.

According to this week’s crop report, harvest is 95 per cent complete in the northeast region, a jump of 15 per cent from last week.

A week of warm, dry weather helped to speed things along.

The five – year average for this time of year is 88 per cent.

Livetsock producers are indicating adequate amounts of hay, straw, greenfeed, and feed grain for their winter feeding supplies.

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Topsoil moisture conditions on cropland are rated as one per cent surplus, 96 per cent adequate and three per cent short.

Hay land and pasture topsoil moisture is rated as one per cent surplus, 96 per cent adequate and three per cent short.

High disease levels are common in the area, with many reports of low quality grain.

There are some reports of producers swathing and burning durum and wheat fields due to high fusarium levels.

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