Saskatchewan Agriculture says there will be “irreparable crop damage” unless significant rainfall comes soon.
The dire prediction was made in Thursday’s crop report.
A continued lack of moisture, combined with record-breaking heat in some regions, caused significant damage to crops and will impact yield potential and crop quality, the report said.
Shaun Dyrland, a director with Saskatchewan Pulse Growers, said last week’s intense heat came at a bad time for the canola crop.
“It hit right in the middle of flowering for most of the canola crops. That’s a crucial time where they don’t really want that extreme heat,” he told Global News.
“The canola is looking fairly pitiful.”
Sask Ag said topsoil conditions continue to deteriorate across the province.
Cropland topsoil moisture is currently rated at 18 per cent adequate, 51 per cent short and 31 per cent very short.
Hay and pasture land topsoil moisture are rated at 13 per cent adequate, 44 per cent short and 43 per cent very short.
Sask Ag said crops are stunted, thin, yellowing in colour and are prematurely drying down in some regions.
Dyrland, who farms in the southwest region, said it might be too late to save crops in his area.
“We would need, to be perfectly honest, a tremendous amount of rain to salvage even an average crop in my area,” he said.
“I know that not all areas of the province are like this, but where we are, it’s probably too little too late at this point.”
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