Harvest is nearing the finish line in northwest Saskatchewan, including areas just east of Lloydminster, as of Oct. 12.
Provincially, harvest is 93 per cent complete, while the northwest region just east of Lloydminster sits at 91 per cent. Canola remains further behind at 86 per cent harvested in the Glaslyn, Maidstone, Meadow Lake, Pierceland and St. Walburg areas, while winter wheat and fall rye are complete.
Producers around Cut Knife and Macklin are 97 per cent complete. Both fall rye and winter wheat are done, and canola is 95 per cent harvested.
Recent precipitation slowed some fieldwork, including seven millimetres around Meadow Lake. Producers who have wrapped up harvest are now turning to fertilizer application, harrowing and preparations for winter.
West of Lloydminster as of Oct. 6
On the Alberta side for areas just west of Lloydminster, the latest provincial crop report shows harvest was 71 per cent complete in the northeast region as of Oct. 6. Spring wheat was 89 per cent harvested and barley nearly 87 per cent, while canola remained well behind at just under 47 per cent complete.
Producers to the west of Lloydminster have also managed to get their fall rye and winter wheat crop off the ground.
