Progress is now 88% complete across the province, ahead of the five-year average of 82% and the ten-year average of 85%. The southwest is almost done at 95%, followed closely by the west-central region at 94%, the northwest at 93%, and the northeast at 92%. Producers in the east-central and southeast regions are the furthest behind with the east-central at 81% complete and the southeast at 80% as the rainfall, while variable around the province, fell mostly in the southeast region.
The Weyburn area recorded 66 millimetres (mm) of rain this past week, while the Griffin and Indian Head areas got 20 mm, and the Browning area 18 mm.
The report says warm and windy conditions dropped topsoil moisture levels slightly. Provincially, crop land topsoil moisture is 4% surplus, 65% adequate and 27% short. Hay land moisture is 2% surplus, 59% adequate and 31% short. Moisture for pasture land is 1% surplus, 56% adequate, 33% short and 2% very short.
Kim Stonehouse, a Crops Extension Specialist with the Ministry of Agriculture from Tisdale, noted all regions experienced a little drop off in topsoil moisture with the west-central and northeast regions taking "the biggest hit".
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