Despite a cool and wet start to the week, seeding is advancing at a remarkable rate, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s Weekly Crop Report.
Fifty-one per cent of the crop is now seeded, well ahead of the five-year (2011-15) average of 28 per cent for this time of year.
Some producers have wrapped up seeding operations, while others will need another couple of weeks of warm and dry weather.
Seeding is most advanced in the southwest, where producers have 70 per cent of the crop in the ground. Sixty per cent of the crop is seeded in the southeast, 56 per cent in the northwest, 53 per cent in the west-central region, 30 per cent in the east-central region and 29 per cent in the northeast.
Eighty-four per cent of field peas, 80 per cent of lentils, 78 per cent of chickpeas, 63 per cent of durum, 57 per cent of mustard, 51 per cent of spring wheat and 39 per cent of canola have now been seeded.
