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Crop report: cool, damp weather delays harvest operations

Producers have noted green regrowth is making harvest difficult but hope the frost will cause the regrowth to die down.
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Some producers continued their harvest operations without delay, while others were halted for several days due rain.

NORTH BATTLEFORD - Some producers continued their harvest operations without delay, while others were halted for several days due rain, followed by cool, damp weather. Sixty-three per cent of the crop is now in the bin, up from 47 per cent last week and well ahead of the five-year average of 41 per cent. Most of the cereal crops in the region have been harvested with only a few acres left to be cleaned up. Producers are working mainly on their canola acres at the moment.

A few areas did receive some rain in the region, the first rain in several weeks for some. The Pierceland area received 21 mm, the Duck Lake area 18 mm, the Hafford area seven mm and the Glaslyn area four mm.

Cropland topsoil moisture is rated as 22 per cent adequate, 72 per cent short and five per cent very short. Hay and pasture land topsoil moisture is rated as 22 per cent adequate, 68 per cent short and ten per cent very short.

Pasture conditions are rated as 12 per cent good, 47 per cent fair, 38 per cent poor and three per cent very poor.

The majority of crop damage this past week was due to wind, frost, waterfowl, and wildlife. Producers have noted green regrowth is making harvest difficult but hope the frost will cause the regrowth to die down.

Producers are busy combining, swathing, grain drying and moving bales.