Saskatchewan farmers made good harvest progress during the past week.

Provincial crops analyst Shannon Friesen says nine per-cent of the crop is in the bin, up from four per-cent last week.   Harvest is well ahead of the five year average of two per-cent for this date.   Harvest ranges from 21 per-cent in the southwest to less than one per-cent in east central and northwest parts of the grainbelt.   Rainfall ranged from a trace to nearly three inches in some areas.   Some of the heaviest rain was in the northern grainbelt.      Topsoil moisture rating is seven per-cent surplus, 75 per-cent adequate, 16 per-cent short and two per-cent very short.     Hail, wind and insects like aphids and grasshoppers were the main causes of crop loss during the past week.

Source - http://www.620ckrm.com