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By Alice McFarlane

2025 Harvest

Saskatchewan farmers reach half way point with harvest

Sep 18, 2025 | 5:28 PM

The Saskatchewan harvest is now 53 per cent complete, which is 20 per cent behind the five-year average.

Crops Extension Specialist Kim Stonehouse helps to compile the Ministry of Agriculture weekly crop report. He said the slow progress was mainly due to rain between Sept. 9 and 15, however, there are other problems complicating the situation.

“High humidity is creating shorter harvest days and there are some crops that are uneven in maturity and have some second growth of the crop or weeds,” he said. “That’s causing producers to have extra operations in order to get the crop in the bin.”

Most rain happened on the east and southeast side of the province, with the Kipling area getting the most at 100 millimetres. Lampman and Aberdeen received around 85 and 81 mm, respectively. Other areas like Churchbridge got 78 mm, the Griffin region got 77 mm and the Glenavon area had 75 mm.

The rainfall improved topsoil moisture conditions for cropland to six per cent surplus, 66 per cent adequate, 22 per cent short, and six per cent very short.

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Stonehouse said the Southwest is leading the harvest with 66 per cent complete. The Southeast is at 58 per cent, and the West Central and Northwest are at 47 per cent. East Central is at 46 per cent, and the Northeast is at 42 per cent complete.

The winter wheat and fall rye are now in the bin. Field pea and lentil crops are nearly there at 96 and 91 per cent. Many producers are starting canola with 21 per cent harvested. Flax and soybeans are the least advanced with six per cent of flax and 13 per cent of soybeans currently harvested.

Stonehouse said the crop reporters were asked questions about grades of peas, lentils, durum, and barley. The crop yields and quality vary throughout the province due to the rainfall that was received over the growing season.

Pea grades are at 53 per cent at #2 and 42 per cent at #1 which is similar to the 10-year average.

Lentil grades are 60 per cent at #2, durum is grading 23 per cent at #1, 43 per cent number two, and 23 per cent number three. Barley is grading at 24 per cent malt and 68 per cent #1 which is a bit below the 10-year average.

Stonehouse said producers are looking for dry weather for the remainder of the harvest season, but moisture after the crop is in would be welcome to top up soil reserves for next year.

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alice.mcfarlane@pattisonmedia.com