The sunshine and warm, dry weather at the start of the week made life a bit easier on farmers across the province this week.
Farmers were able to get plenty of work done with 28 percent of the 2010 provincial crop in the ground. That's still well behind the five-year average of 60 percent, but much better than the five percent to start the week.
Saskatchewan Agriculture's Grant McLean says producers need more dry conditions, which doesn't look like it's going to happen.
"I think where they got some heavy showers, that's going to slow them up a bit. The outlook for the weekend doesn't look that good either and particularly on the heavier soils where things were wet, it will delay their operations a little more then they would like. In most cases, we're hoping to see continue dry, warm weather in the coming weeks."
McLean says things are looking better in the local area after a slow start, "I think the big challenge has been on the heavier clay soils, individuals have been struggling, they've moved up from two percent locally to about 18 percent as of Monday, Tuesday."
The north-west region of the province is the furthest along with 52 percent of seeding complete.
Farmers were able to get plenty of work done with 28 percent of the 2010 provincial crop in the ground. That's still well behind the five-year average of 60 percent, but much better than the five percent to start the week.
Saskatchewan Agriculture's Grant McLean says producers need more dry conditions, which doesn't look like it's going to happen.
"I think where they got some heavy showers, that's going to slow them up a bit. The outlook for the weekend doesn't look that good either and particularly on the heavier soils where things were wet, it will delay their operations a little more then they would like. In most cases, we're hoping to see continue dry, warm weather in the coming weeks."
McLean says things are looking better in the local area after a slow start, "I think the big challenge has been on the heavier clay soils, individuals have been struggling, they've moved up from two percent locally to about 18 percent as of Monday, Tuesday."
The north-west region of the province is the furthest along with 52 percent of seeding complete.
Fri, Apr 19, 8:00 AM
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