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Volume 2 - Issue 6 May 13th, 2016
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Information from May crop reports Saskatchewan producers have 15 per cent of the 2016 crop seeded, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report, which is above the �ive-year (2011-
2015) seeding average of four per cent this time of year. Many producers in the south have been seeding for several weeks, while those in the rest of the province are just getting into the �ield. Eighteen per cent of the crop is seeded in the southeast, which is just behind the southwest reporting 35 per cent.
Provincially, 35 per cent of lentils, 31 per cent of �ield peas, 26 per cent of mustard, 24 per cent of chickpeas, 22 per cent of durum, 15 per cent of soybeans, 11 per cent of barley, nine per cent of �lax, eight per cent of canola, seven per cent of spring wheat and canary seed, and six per cent of oats have been seeded.
The Manitoba producers have also seen favourable weather which has allowed them to have an estimated 10 per cent of their crop seeded, with the southwest and central regions reporting the most progress according to Manitoba Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report. In the southwest region soil moisture levels are
good and most crops have been seeded in moisture. Seeding progress is at approximately 10 per cent with 20 per cent of wheat acres seeded south of Hwy 1, while north of Hwy 1 progress is less than 10 per cent complete. In areas both north and south of Hwy 1 an estimated 35 percent of the pea acres have been planted.