Stormy weather in the past week has provided farmers with some needed moisture, although some areas were damaged by the accompanying wind and hail.
Most of the province received rainfall this week, while many areas also received hail and strong winds.
Damaged crops were reported in the Tisdale area due to storms last Thursday. Some areas in the southwest region also reported damaged crops due to hail.
For the most part, however, the combination of warm weather and rainfall is helping crops develop.
Fifty-nine per cent of the fall cereals and 24 per cent of spring cereals are in the heading stage. Thirty-seven per cent of canola and mustard and 48 per cent of pulse crops are in the flowering stage.
Livestock producers now have eight per cent of the hay crop cut and three per cent baled or put into silage. Hay quality is currently rated as eight per cent excellent, 66 per cent good, 20 per cent fair, and six per cent poor.
Pasture conditions are rated as 12 per cent excellent, 49 per cent good, 30 per cent fair, seven per cent poor, and two per cent very poor.
Cropland topsoil moisture is rated as four per cent surplus, 82 per cent adequate, 11 per cent short, and three per cent very short.
Hay and pasture land topsoil moisture is rated as two per cent surplus, 71 per cent adequate, 19 per cent short, and eight per cent very short.
A complete, printable version of the crop report is available online.
