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Saskatchewan farmers start planting crops

Published 2016-04-28, 12:20 p/m
© Reuters. Saskatchewan farmers start planting crops

(Content is published from Saskatchewan government website)
April 28 (Reuters) - Seeding has begun in the province,
although many producers are still working fields and controlling
weeds. Three per cent of the 2016 crop has been seeded,
compared to the five-year (2011-2015) seeding average of less
than one per cent.
Field conditions in the south have been generally favourable
and many producers have been seeding for several weeks already.
In the southwest, producers have eight per cent of the crop in
the ground, while in the southeast, producers have four per cent
seeded.
There is little, if any, crop in the ground in the other
parts of the province. Producers in those regions will begin
seeding in the next couple of weeks, weather and field
conditions permitting.
Top soil conditions are generally good. Cropland topsoil
moisture is rated as six per cent surplus, 83 per cent adequate,
10 per cent short and one per cent very short. Hay land and
pasture topsoil moisture is rated as four per cent surplus, 71
per cent adequate, 20 per cent short and five per cent very
short.
Parts of the southwestern and west-central regions received
much-needed moisture earlier in the week in the form of snow and
rain. In contrast, much of the east-central and northeastern
regions are reporting excess moisture.
For more information: http://www.saskatchewan.ca/government/news-and-media/2016/april/28/crop-report

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