Crop report notes plenty of rain around Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan's weekly crop report confirms what many of us have experienced firsthandsignificant amounts of rain fell on much of the province in recent days.

"Last week we probably maybe needed half an inch or an inch," explained BobPenrose, a farmer nearWatrous, Sask.

"I hate to say it as a farmer because I love rain, but we probably didn't need it and we certainly didn't need six inches," he said.

Farmer Bob Penrose walks in a saturated field near Watrous, Sask.

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Heavy rain recently may hurt some crops around Saskatchewan, according to the latest crop report.

According to the crop report, released Thursday, many areas of the province received at least 50 millimetres of rain over a short period of time, while some eastern and southern areas received well over 100 mm.

That's led to some localized flooding and saturated fields, although most of the crops outside the flood zone are in good-to-excellent condition, the Ministry of Agriculture said.

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Penrose saidhis crops were flourishing until Monday's rain flooded his fields.

"We have to have a good cropwe just have to keep going or our machinery gets out-dated," he added."This is just going tocut back our yields and qualitybig time."

Provincially, cropland topsoil moisture is rated as 33 per cent surplus, 66 per cent adequate and one per cent short.

Looking at rainfall since April, most farms in the grainbelt have received 100 to 200 mm. A year ago, a large swath of the province had received less than 100 mm in the period beginning April 1 and ending the second week of July.