Farmers looking for rain as seeding winds down

Saskatchewan farmers now have 97 per cent of the provincial crop in the ground, but now face the challenge of dry conditions.

Crop Extension Specialist Kim Stonehouse reports that moisture levels across the province have continued to decline, with the northeast being the hardest hit. "Cropland topsoil moisture in the northeast is reported at 22 per cent adequate, 56 per cent short, and 22 per cent very short. Hayland is at 19 per cent adequate, 58 per cent short, and 23 per cent very short, and pasture topsoil is at 14 per cent adequate, 59 per cent short, and 27 per cent very short," Stonehouse explained.

He notes provincially Cropland topsoil moisture is rated as one per cent surplus, 46 per cent adequate, 44 per cent short and nine per cent very short. Hayland topsoil moisture is repo