The Saskatchewan Ministry Of Agriculture's Weekly Crop Report, released this morning for the period of August 5th to 11th, is showing a dramatic improvement to topsoil moisture levels thanks to recent rainfalls.

Later-seeded crops will benefit most from the timely precipitation, but warm, dry conditions are now needed for proper crop development, which is lower in the southeast compared to the rest of the province.

The abundant rain even caused minor damage to some crops in low lying areas, while isolated hailstorms damaged a few crops in the region. Additionally, strong winds caused minor lodging in some crops.

A few crops in the southeast are reaching maturity as one per cent of crops, mainly winter cereals, have been harvested in the region. Currently, 17 per cent of fall rye crops a

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