Saskatchewan Agriculture’s Weekly Crop Report shows the majority of crops are in relatively good condition all depending on where you are in the province and how much moisture you received.

Cropping Management Specialist Shannon Friesen fills us in on crop development at this point.

"Provincially at the moment 87% of the fall cereals, 62% of the spring cereals, 55% oilseed crops and 67% of the pulses are either at or ahead of where they would be this time of year," she said. "Again it varies greatly right across the province but for the most part things are still relatively on time."       

Haying is underway 4% of the hay crop is cut and 2% is baled or silaged.

"Haying is furthest advanced in the southwest where 11% of the hay crop has now been cut," Friesen said.

Overall Hay quality is rated as 6% excellent, 50% good, 34% fair and 10 % poor.

Quality is lowest in the southeast thanks to less-than-ideal growing conditions during most of the spring.

She notes crop damage this week has been attributed to flooding in the northern areas, frost, wind and insects such as cutworms and alfalfa weevils. There are also reports of gopher damage to crops.