By Meghan Rosso, MSc PAg, Crops Extension Specialist, Moose Jaw
June 2024
As the growing season progresses, the weekly Crop Report will continue to report on current on-farm conditions throughout Saskatchewan. The information in the report is used across Saskatchewan and worldwide by producers, agrologists, policymakers, media, marketers, investors and others interested in or involved with the agricultural industry. The Crop Report data is collected weekly, from seeding until after harvest is complete, by 200 volunteers spread across the province. These volunteers are a combination of grain farmers, ranchers, agrologists and anyone else involved or interested in agriculture and are the eyes and ears of what is happening in the farming community.
The data collected for the Crop Report includes:
- Weekly and Cumulative Rainfall
- Topsoil Moisture Conditions
- Seeding Progress
- Crop Development
- Crop Conditions
- Crop Damage
- Livestock Feed Supplies
- Pasture Conditions
- Haying Progress and Yields
- Harvest Progress and Yields
This map showcases the current rural municipalities with and without volunteer Crop Reporters across the province. The opportunity to sign up Crop Reporters allows for a greater representation of the conditions that producers are facing across all areas of the province.
If you, or someone you know, would like to become a Crop Reporter or if you would like to find out more about the Crop Report, call the Agriculture Knowledge Centre at 1-866-457-2377 or email the Crop Report team at cropreport@gov.sk.ca.