Harvest is slowly progressing across the province. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)

By battlefordsNOW Staff

IN THE BIN

Warm weather helps harvest regionally, across province

Sep 26, 2019 | 10:43 AM

Small showers have hampered harvest though progress is being made during warm weather windows.

Saskatchewan Agriculture’s latest crop report said 23 per cent of the crop is in the bin in the northwest region, up from 10 per cent last week but still well below the five year average of 40 for this time of year.

An additional 57 per cent of the crop is swathed or ready to straight-cut.

Saskatchewan Agriculture said producers in the region will need several more weeks of warm and dry weather for crops to mature and dry down.

Rainfall over the past week ranged from trace ammounts to 25 mm in the Duck Lake area.

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The majority of crop damage was due to strong winds and hail. The province said reports of downgrading at the elevator continue due to sprouting and bleaching. There have been reports of ergot in some cereal crops and geese and other wildlife feeding on swathed crops.

The report said much of the grain is coming off tough and is being placed in dryers and aeration bins as time and space allows.

Provincially, a stretch of warm and dry weather allowed most producers to retrun to the field. Thirty-nine per cent of the crop is now in the bin, up from 23 per cent last week but still behind the five year average of 62. Harvest is most advanced in the southwest region, where 58 per cent of the crop is combined.

The west-central region has 46 per cent in the bin and the southeast region has 40 per cent. The northeast region has 31 per cent combined and the east-central region, 22.

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