By Alice McFarlane

Seeding well ahead of the five-year average in Saskatchewan

May 22, 2025 | 2:50 PM

Seeding is ahead of schedule in Saskatchewan.

Roughly 72 per cent of the crop is in, which is an increase of 23 per cent from last week and ahead of the five-year average of 60 per cent.

Producers in the southwest are in the home stretch of seeding with 89 per cent of crops currently seeded. Progress in the northwest and west-central follows closely at 81 per cent. Producers in the northeast made good progress this week as seeding sits at 74 per cent.

Seeding in the southeast and east-central areas is below the provincial average. The southeast is 63 per cent complete, while the east-central region has the smallest percentage of current seeded acres at 58 per cent.

Crops Extension Specialist with the Ministry of Agriculture Tyce Masich said most pulses and spring cereal crops are already in the ground.

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“I’m hearing that there’s good emergence of these crops throughout most of the province, which is definitely a good sign. This rainfall that we got this past week will definitely help with crop germination, emergence and early development,” Masich said. “Currently, producers are still working to get the the rest of their oilseed crops in the ground, so that includes mustard, canola, and flax where those are about two-thirds to three-quarters seeded. That’s mainly what producers are working on right now.”

Rain mostly fell in the southeast region of the province although other areas did get some moisture. The Estevan area and eastward received over 100 millimetres.

“We’ll see see what happens in terms of if we see any crop flooding. Early indications are producers aren’t too concerned about that. We’ll just have to wait and see,” he said.

Parts of the west central and the central parts of the province got some scattered rainfall. Masich said overall, producers we’re fairly happy to see some moisture in those areas. Some parts of the province will need rain soon for crop emergence and development.

“There was very limited rainfall in the northeast and northwest parts of the province and producers are hoping for a good rain soon,” he added.

While seeding remains the primary focus of grain farmers, they are also picking rocks, spraying, and land rolling.

Livestock producers continue to prepare to send cattle to pasture.

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alice.mcfarlane@pattisonmedia.com