Crop Report: Harvest slow and steady in the northeast

Late seeding has put the northeast region behind the rest of the province for harvest progress.

According to this week’s Crop Report, two per cent of the 2015 crop is in the bin and an additional 12 per cent is swathed or ready to straight cut in the northeast region.

Within the region, 53 per cent of winter wheat, 100 per cent of fall rye, and 22 per cent of field peas have been combined.

Across the province 16 per cent of the crop is in the bin, and 19 per cent is swathed or ready to straight cut. That’s ahead of the five year average for this time of the year which is six per cent combined and 14 per cent swathed or ready to straight cut.

Brent Flaten with Saskatchewan Agriculture said the slow progress in the northeast has some benefits.

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“Yield potential is higher in later maturity,” said Flaten. “We don’t have actual stats on what the yield expectations are, but generally through the northeast the crops are looking a lot better than on the west side.”

Flaten also said wet weather across the province created some delays.

The northeast saw mostly trace amounts lately though, with the Humboldt area seeing the most rain this week with about 10 millimetres. However, soil is still soft or wet.

“Things are still soggy from the big rains a few weeks ago so that’s been holding things up too,” said Flaten.

Strong winds, localized flooding and insects have also caused crop damages province wide.

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