Thursday, August 29, 2013

Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Bring on the heat

Warm temperatures boding well for area crops

Farmers were hard at work on Thursday working
toward the harvest just west of Moose Jaw.
Times-Herald photo by Lisa Goudy
By Lisa Goudy


The recent heat is exactly what area producers needed.

“Harvest in the Moose Jaw area is going quite well. These last few weeks that August has given us for this nice warm temperature is definitely what we need to get this harvest on the go,” said Daphne Cruise, Moose Jaw regional crop specialist with the provincial agriculture department.

She said five per cent of the crop has been combined and 14 per cent swathed or ready to straight cut in Saskatchewan. In the Moose Jaw area — the southeast region — has four per cent combined and 16 per cent swathed or ready to straight cut.

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