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By battlefordsNOW Staff

IN THE BIN

Warm, dry weather helps northwest producers in the field

Oct 17, 2019 | 4:02 PM

Dry and relatively warm weather over the past week helped spur tremendous harvest progress in the northwest.

The latest crop report from Saskatchewan Agriculture said producers were able to combine almost a quarter of the remaining crop and now have 65 per cent in the bin.

This is up from 42 per cent last week but well behind the five year average of 80. The report said the region will need several weeks of warm, dry weather to combine the remaining crop.

Much of the crop damage this past week was due to strong winds and lodging. Geese and wildlife continue to feed on swathed crop and other crops have been damaged by sprouting and downgrading is expected at the elevator.

The report said much of the grain is coming off tough or damp and is being placed in grain dryers. At this time, livestock producers say they will have enough hay, straw, green feed and feed grain heading into winter.

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Provincially, similar weather conditions help producers get into the field. Sixty-nine per cent of the crop is combined, up from 55 last week but well behind the five-year average of 88 per cent.

The northeastern region is the most advanced with 85 per cent of the crop now combined. The west-central region has 77 done, the southwest reports 76 per cent in the bin, the southeast region has 62 per cent combined and the east-central region, 51.

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