Saskatchewan Weekly Crop Report

May 16, 2016

Saskatchewan Agriculture’s Weekly Crop Report is out.

Seeding slowed down this week as a good portion of the grain growing area of the province received some rainfall.

Cropping Management Specialist Shannon Friesen says seeding progress is ahead of the 5 year average.

"35% of the provincial crop was seeded, that is the comparison to the five year average of only 10%, so certainly a lot of the seeding action has not happened yet because of the rain," she said.

Friesen adds seeding is most advanced in the southwest with 58% of the crop in the ground:

"Certainly in terms of moisture in the southwest region. Of course last week with the hot and dry temperatures a lot of top soil was actually becoming quite dry. The rain that we got will certainly go a long way in helping to actually replenish some of that top soil moisture," she said.

Friesen says the rain will definitely help to replenish top soil moisture conditions and help with crop emergence.

Source : Discoverestevan

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