Saskatchewan livestock producers have eight percent of the 2011 hay crop cut and two percent baled or put into silage, according to the Government of Saskatchewan's weekly crop report. Seventy-one percent of the hay crop is rated as good to excellent in quality.
Sixty-one percent of the fall cereals are in the heading stage, 60 percent of the spring cereals are in the jointed to shot-blade stage, 46 percent of the canola and mustard is in the rosette stage, 71 percent of the pulses are in the vegetative stage and 47 percent of the flax is in the seedling stage.
Across the province, topsoil moisture on cropland is rated as 27 percent surplus, 69 percent adequate and four percent short. Hay land and pasture topsoil moisture is rated as 24 percent surplus, 72 percent adequate and four percent short.
Thunderstorms in some areas resulted in varying amounts of precipitation and high winds. Flooding and saturated conditions continue in the southern and south-eastern regions, although some areas have dried up enough for producers to access unseeded acres in order to control weeds.
Flooding, hail and disease are causing the majority of crop damage.
Farmers are busy scouting crops, controlling disease and haying.
