According to the latest crop report, favourable weather conditions kept farmers in the field this past week.
As a result, spring seeding is nearly complete in Saskatchewan, with 96 per cent of the crop now planted.
That number is slightly ahead of the five-year average (2015-2019) of 92 per cent for this time of year.
Ninety-nine per cent of the crop is seeded in the southwest region. That is followed by 97 per cent in the southeast and west-central regions, 95 per cent in the northwest, 94 per cent in the northeast, and 93 per cent in the east-central.
Overall, 99 per cent of field peas, mustard and chick peas, 98 per cent of durum, lentils and canary seed, 96 per cent of spring wheat, 95 per cent of canola, 94 per cent of flax, 93 per cent of barley, and 88 per cent of oats have been seeded.
Cropland topsoil moisture is rated as one per cent surplus, 65 per cent adequate, 30 per cent short, and four per cent very short. Hay and pasture land topsoil moisture is rated as 58 per cent adequate, 32 per cent short, and 10 per cent very short.
The majority of crop conditions are good.
A complete, printable version of the crop report is available online.
