The provincial agriculture ministry’s crop report for the week ending Thursday says about 87 per cent of the crop is now in the ground.
That’s well ahead of the five-year (2010-2014) average for this time of year (61 per cent).
Most advanced are the province’s southwestern and west-central regions, with 93 per cent of the crop in the ground.
But they’re also the regions with the biggest deficit in moisture, said ministry spokeswoman Shannon Friesen.
Source : LeaderPost