Spring is going to be busier than usual for some farmers- there’s still a lot of crop left to come off from last year’s harvest.
Farmers in the Climax and Maple Creek area last week started their Spring Seeding.
Shannon Friesen, a Cropping Management Specialist with Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Agriculture, says an added challenge this year is dealing with some of the big, deep ruts left in the field where equipment got stuck last year:
"In some cases we have to wait for the soil to hopefully dry up a bit so equipment can get in there," she said. "Certainly, some light harrowing and tillage may be able to help some of it, and in other cases there may need to be some deeper tillage happening as well."
She notes farmers want to pay attention to soil temperature when seeding, and that prior to the weekend snowfall, we saw some farmers out especially around the west central area trying to finish last year’s harvest:
"For the most part, it's coming off better than I think we thought," she said. "Things, of course, aren't number 1's and number 2's, but for the most part, quality has stayed pretty consistent since the fall time. Of course, we're still hearing a lot of issues with fusarium."
Source : Discoverestevan