Saskatchewan Agriculture reports warmer weather is accelerating crop development and allowing the harvest to move forward.Saskatchewan Agriculture released its crop report Thursday for the period from August 18th to 24th.Davidson Ugheoke, a Crops Extension Specialist with Saskatchewan Agriculture, says rainfall delayed on-farm operations in some regions but crop maturity advanced across the province.
Quote-Davidson Ugheoke-Saskatchewan Agriculture:
The last week was relatively warm in Saskatchewan. We did have some higher daytime temperatures and the evenings were cool. Harvest has progressed to 11 percent which is significantly behind the 10-year and the 5-year averages of 25 percent and 21 percent respectively.There were reports of strong winds and some rains across the province.
The humidity stalled harvest operations.Overall, crops are beginning to turn and the harvest of later seeded crops will begin very soon. Growers are focusing principally on winter cereals, the pulse crops and every other early seeded crop.Although rainfall delayed some farm operations in some regions, crop maturity has advanced largely across the province.
This year we had much more moisture than in typical years and it delayed seeding progress significantly and that is reflected in the current harvest rates right now. To a large extent, growers are getting there but the bulk of the moisture we had in May and in June delayed seeding activities and delayed crop development but right now, we are taking advantage of the high temperatures and crops are developing as they should right now.
Ugheoke says right now we have high temperatures although we still have some of those low cool nights so the percentage of harvested crops should go up significantly over the next week because the fields are beginning to get drier.
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