The majority of the province received very little rain over the last week, ranging from negligible amounts in most areas to 78 mm in the Nipawin area.

Producers are hoping for rainfall to ease heat stress and boost crop development.

Brent Flaten, Saskatchewan’s Integrated Pest Management Specialist says many areas remain dry.

"The worst area is in that Maple Creek, Val Maire area in the southwest," he said. "It forms kind of a triangle from Maple Creek up through Rosetown to Saskatoon, back down through Watrous, Moose Jaw, Regina, Weyburn area."    

Temperatures are expected to hit 30 + degrees over the next few days.

"Provincially 19% of the hay crop has been cut, 10% bailed or put into silage," Flaten said. "Hay is progressing and I guess if you're putting up hay, you like the dry weather, if you're a mixed farmer you still want some rain somewhere along there as well, in the area's that are dry."     

This weeks crop report now shows provincially topsoil moisture on cropland is rated as 5% surplus, 49 % adequate, 37 % short and 9% very short.