Snow and rain over this past weekend are hindering harvest for farmers in the region.
Dale Paslawski farms north of Weyburn. He said the moisture will set back area producers big time.
"I'm over at Carnduff working in the oilfield today, where they had well over three inches of rain here. My lease is flooded, there's water in the fields," he said. "They seem to be a little more along with the harvest out here than we are back at Weyburn. Me and my wife are only about 42 per cent done. Our fields are extremely wet."
He said at least for bringing in the rest of the crop, there's always springtime.
"I've actually done that a couple of times, where I've actually had a little bit of crop leftover, and had to do it in the spring, but you know, the deer and the mice get into it and we're already downgraded immensely," he noted. "We've gone from a number one duram to a number five, so that's a three dollar a bushel drop, so if you're a fair-sized farmer and you pull off 300 bushels of number five duram or less, or worse, that's a pretty big loss at three bucks a bushel."
While the wet fields are causing a bit of a dilemma, Paslawski remains optimistic. He beleives sunny skies will return around Thanksgiving to help dry up crops.
"I think we're going to have some summer coming up here. I'm quite positive," shared Paslawski.
"I'm worried more about other farmers getting their crop off and I sure wish everybody can get some good weather here so we can get this wrapped up but we don't seem to have any drying days here," he shared.
He said even when it dries up, teamwork and time will both be of the essence.
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