Half of winter wheat and fall rye crops were harvested in Canada

WINNIPEG, August 12 (MarketsFarm) – While a few scattered showers across Saskatchewan delayed some of the harvest, the hot and dry weather has allowed farmers to make more progress than last year. Seven per cent of the province's crop has been combined and six per cent is ready to straight combine, according to the Province of Saskatchewan's weekly crop report for the week ended Aug. 9. The five-year averages were one and two per cent, respectively. Most of the winter wheat and fall rye crops have been harvested at 54 and 51 per cent, respectively. Peas were 37 per cent finished, while the lentil crop has been 29 per cent combined. Only six per cent or less of all other crops have been completed. On dry land, the province is estimating one tonne per acre of greenfeed, 0.8 tonnes/acre for alfalfa, 0.7 tonnes/acre for brome, and 0.6 tonnes/acre each for tame hay and wild hay. On irrigated land, the average greenfield yield increases to 2.2 tonnes/acre, two tonnes/acre for tame hay, ...