Farmers are dealt with all kinds of weather conditions this spring.
The mixed precipitation in late-April, subsequent rainfall, and the recent heat wave resulted in producers beginning seeding operations one week or more later than normal.
Jeremy Welter farms in the Kerrobert area in west-central Saskatchewan and is also a Vice-President with the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS).
He said while the warm weather allowed them to catch up, it did provide a challenge to equipment.
"The high temperature did certainly help to dry land out so the guys could get on it. That being said, those really hot days, they add a lot of stress to your machinery," he said. "You really notice it when you get out of the tractor. Even on a cool day, the tractor's blowing a lot of warm air off of it, but on those plus 35 days that temperature is as hard on equipment as it is on people, so it definitely creates additional challenges."
In the Kerrobert area, they're about a week to 10 days late on seeding, Welter said, but figures they are between 90 to 95 per cent done seeding.
He said lentils and wheat in some spots have emerged and look good, adding any moisture following last week's hot weather "is definitely going to be a godsend."
"It's going to put us into really good shape for the summer."
Meanwhile in the southwest, Kevin Hursh, who farms in the Cabri area north of Swift Current, said during Friday's SaskAgToday.com Roundtable he is almost done seeding.
"Working on some green feed barley for some cattle farming neighbours that we cooperate with, so might not quite get done today, but down to the last strokes." said Hursh. "You still can see and run by fields that haven't been seeded, but a lot of people are on the last stages and some people are finishing up in this part of the world."
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