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Crop report: producers watch crop maturity, ready for harvest

Producers are busy preparing for harvest and getting their combines into the fields. They are also preparing for their fall operations.
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Producers in the northwest are starting their harvest operations with less than one per cent of this year’s crop harvested, according to the crop report for the period of August 1 to 7.

BATTLEFORDS - Producers in the northwest are starting their harvest operations with less than one per cent of this year’s crop harvested, according to the crop report for the period of August 1 to 7. Producers are watching the maturity and moisture levels of their crops closely to determine when they can start combining.

Producers are focusing on their lentil and field pea crops to begin harvest. Lentils are now eight per cent harvested for the year and four per cent of field peas are harvested. Other crops are between zero and one per cent harvested for the year and are still maturing.

Producers are wrapping up their haying operations this week. Hay yields in the northwest are estimated at 1.0 tons per acre for brome/alfalfa and other tame hay, while alfalfa and wild hay are estimated at 1.1 tons per acre. Greenfeed is estimated at 1.8 tons per acre, and sileage is estimated to yield 6.3 tons per acre.

Some rain showers moved through the northwest this past week and producers that did receive rain are grateful. The North Battleford area received the most with 22 mm being recorded. Some producers also reported hail storms, while others only reported trace amounts of rain this past week. The scattered rain did not help soil moisture and moisture levels decreased this past week. Currently, 16 per cent of cropland has adequate moisture, 45 per cent is short and 43 per cent is very short. Fifteen per cent of hay and pastureland has adequate topsoil moisture, 55 per cent is short and 30 per cent is very short.

Crop damage this past week is due to heat and drought stress and minor reports of hail. Producers are busy preparing for harvest and getting their combines into the fields. They are also working cattle and preparing for their fall operations.

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