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Late snowstorm delayed seeding, helped moisture situation

As expected, cold weather and a late spring snowfall put seeding in the province is behind the usual state.

Seeding across the province is nine percent complete compared with 23 per cent for the five year average.

The southwest, west central and northwest regions are most advanced, according to the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture crop report.

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It's summertime in Minnesota as a yellow Air Tractor agricultural application aircraft -- a crop duster -- responds to the control inputs of its pilot in a low-altitude dance just above the tops of the cornstalks. Enjoy! And we found a Bell 206 Long Ranger spray helicopter perched on a support truck at the edge of the cornfields, and launching from there. In our video, you can occasionally hear the rotor sounds of the crop-dusting helicopter as we see the yellow Air Tractor in a nearby field.