Spring seeding started - This seeding outfit at Deer Creek Farms north of Fort Qu’Appelle is on the field and ready to tackle 28,000 acres. As of May 3 nine per cent of this year’s crop is in the ground, which equates to being ahead of the five-year average of 6 per cent.

Grain producers are out working their fields earlier than usual this year.Although some farmers are still waiting for warmer weather before they begin seeding, about 12 per cent of the crops in Saskatchewan have already been planted.That’s about twice the five-year average for this time of the year. A survey of 12,000 grain farmers indicates […]

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