A break in the rain has allowed livestock producers to catch up on haying.

The latest crop report shows that 50 per cent of the provincial hay crop has been cut, and another 20 per cent has been baled or put into silage.

Provincial cropping management specialist Daphne Cruise says although it had been drier than it was a few weeks ago, there are still some challenges in getting the hay crop bailed.

"There is still significant dry down time that is needed in the hay crop just because of all the humidity and laying it on the wet ground. Some livestock producers are still having some issues there but they are trying to bail up in between the rains and trying to get this hay crop up in as decent a shape as they can."

Cruise says despite the delays in getting the hay crop up, the quality is still rated as 5 per cent excellent and 70 per cent good.

"Some producers have said that the hay they have cut in the last week or two is alot better then the stuff they started with in the first two weeks of July. There is still opportunity here to get some decent hay up and some producers have indicated that because of the moisture there might be a second cut out there in places where they tend to not take it"

Cruise adds hay quality is rated mostly good to excellent, and some producers have said the hay they've cut in the last week or two is in better quality than the hay they started with in the first two weeks of July.