Throughout the province, producers continue to make slight progress in harvest, crops still remain below 10 per cent combined due to the recent cool and wet weather.

As of August 26, the provincial crop report showed six per cent of crops were now combined, which is up two per cent from the week prior, but is behind the five-year average by 10 per cent. According to the report, eight per cent of the crops province-wide are now swathed or ready to straight cut, which is half of the five-year average of 19 per cent.

Fifty-two per cent of the fall rye, 43 per cent of winter wheat, 27 per cent of the field peas, 25 per cent of the lentils, four per cent of the barley, three per cent of the durum, two per cent of the oats and one per cent of the mustard and spring wheat is now stored in bins. Additionally, five per cent of canola and one per cent of the mustard has been swathed.

The southern regions of the province continue to lead harvest progress with 12 per cent reported as now combined.

Producers in the west central region are a distant second with just three per cent combined, followed by the east central region with two per cent. The northern regions are reporting one per cent or less of crops that are now combined.

Topsoil moisture levels, for the majority of cropland, continue to be rated as adequate, with seven per cent in a surplus and 12 per cent rated as short and three per cent, very short. Scattered showers resulted in some areas of the province only receiving trace amounts and others, such as the Lipton area, located approximately 100 kilometres northeast of Regina, reporting 130mm.

Pastureland across Saskatchewan are rated as two per cent excellent, 41 per cent good, 39 per cent fair, 14 per cent poor and four per cent very poor.

From August 20-26, the majority of crop damage reported was a result of strong winds and hail in some areas.