Source: Commodity News, Producer.com October 25, 2018
Saskatchewan farmers made the most of the warm and dry weather during the last week and were able to make significant harvest progress, according to the provincial crop report released Oct. 25.
Ninety-two percent of the Saskatchewan crop was harvested as of Oct. 22, up 10 percentage points from the previous week. However, which was still slightly behind the five-year average of 94 percent.
Individual crop progress made significant gains. Ninety-six percent of the barley and mustard crops were harvested, 94 percent for durum, 92 percent for spring wheat, 90 percent for canola, 80 percent for flax and 73 percent of the soybeans are done.
