Reading Time: 2 minutes Rain, humidity and thunderstorms delayed harvesting and crop progress in Saskatchewan during the week ended Aug. 18, 2025.
Saskatchewan Crop Report: Rain, humidity delay harvest progress
Provincial harvest only three per cent complete
Rains help late crops in Saskatchewan, but delay harvest
Harvest progress at two per cent complete
Reading Time: 2 minutes Widespread rains across Saskatchewan during the week ended Aug. 11 brought much needed moisture to later seeded crops still filling. However, the precipitation slowed desiccation operations and may hurt the quality of earlier seeded crops, said the weekly provincial report.
Harvest begins in Manitoba: Report
Weekly report as of Aug. 12, 2025
Reading Time: < 1 minute Harvest operations are underway in Manitoba, according to the latest provincial crop report as of Aug. 12 noting that winter cereals and early spring grains and field peas were starting to come off the fields.
Saskatchewan crop report: Harvest nearly complete
Reading Time: < 1 minute Combining in Saskatchewan is virtually complete with the provincial report putting the harvest at 97 per cent finished overall. That's a gain of six points during the week ended Oct. 7, as parts of the province contended with rain delays.
Manitoba crop report: Most of the harvest off the field
Reading Time: < 1 minute Combining in Manitoba advanced 12 points at 85 per cent complete for the week ended Oct. 7. While some crops made great amounts of progress, others did not. The largest gains were made in the province's soybean and flax harvests as they are up 41 points apiece at 70 and 61 per cent finished respectively.
Warmer, drier October followed by colder, snowier November
Reading Time: < 1 minute The balance of October is likely to remain warmer than normal across the Canadian Prairies, but the weather could turn colder than normal in November, Weatherlogics chief scientist Scott Kehler explained.
Alberta harvest well ahead of five-year average
Progress hits 85 per cent complete
Reading Time: < 1 minute Harvest progress in Alberta reached 85 per cent complete as of Oct. 1, progressing 11 points on the week, according to the latest provincial crop report.
Manitoba Crop Report: Dry weather advances harvest to 73 per cent
Reading Time: 2 minutes Warm and dry weather during the week ended Sept. 30, 2024 allowed Manitoba's harvest to advance 15 points at 73 per cent completion.
Saskatchewan Crop Report: Harvest nears 80 per cent despite rain
Reading Time: 2 minutes Despite rainfall across Saskatchewan, the province's harvest still advanced five points at 79 per cent complete as of Sept. 23. This year's pace is currently ahead of the five-year and 10-year averages.
Saskatchewan crop report: Combining at about three-quarters mark
Reading Time: < 1 minute The harvest in Saskatchewan advanced 13 points for the week ended Sept. 16, at 74 per cent complete, despite rain in some parts of the province. The pace of combining was eight points behind this time last year, but 11 ahead of the five-year average.
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