Rain moved through Saskatchewan this past week, although any improvement in provincial soil moisture conditions was incremental at best.
The weekly crop report Thursday pegged cropland soil moisture at 4% surplus, 69% adequate, 24% short and 4% very short as of Monday – just marginally better than the previous week’s rating of 2% surplus, 66% adequate, 28% short and 4% very short. Still, producers were excited to see the rain, which ranged from a half mm in Consul to 65 mm in the Ituna area, the report said.
Dryness is the worst in the province’s Southwest region, where cropland soil moisture was rated nearly half (47%) short to very short as of Monday, even after some rain this past week. According to the report, 31% of seeded acres in the Southwest are experiencing some level of stress due to the lack of rain.
Most Saskatchewan crops are still in the normal stages of development for this time of year, although the drier conditions in the western part of the province are negatively impacting development there.
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