Frost having minimal damage on crops at this point
The temperature around Saskatchewan has started to dip back into fall-like temperatures and producers around the region are beginning to worry about frost.
Daphne Cruise, regional crop specialist for Saskatchewan Agriculture, said the frost being seen right now, for the majority of the crops in the Prince Albert area, are having minimal damage on crops.
“There are some exceptions I think where the crop was seeded a bit on the later side and any kind of growing condition that those producers faced that put the crops behind, we may see some things like bran frost on cereals or some of the flax crops as well because it was seeded probably last. We might see a little frost damage on those crops but for the most part I think it should be fairly minimal at this point,” Cruise said.
So far, producers in the northeast aren’t reporting any issues, but Cruise said the temperature did dip down to -1 C on the eastern side of the province but so far producers haven’t noticed a lot of crop damage.