With winter looming and close to a quarter of the crop still in the field, the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture and the provincial crop insurance corporation are compiling a list of customer combiners who can assist farmers getting their crop off.
After a string of cold and wet days and with forecasters predicting warmer weather on the horizon, Agriculture Minister Bob Bjornerud knows producers are in a hurry to get their crop harvested before winter sets in.
“Mother Nature has really thrown a lot of producers into limbo, with the rain and snow these last couple of weeks,” Bjornerud said in a prepared release. “I hope making this service available will help connect producers with the combining services they may need to get the crop in the bin as quickly as possible.”
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Crop Insurance and Saskatchewan Regional Agriculture offices are working to compile a listing of available custom combiners. Producers who are interested in doing custom work are encouraged to contact their local crop insurance or regional agriculture office to be added to the custom combining list.
In turn, producers looking for help completing their harvest can also contact these offices to check the availability of custom combining operations in their area.
According to the latest crop report from Saskatchewan Agriculture, 77 per cent of harvest is completed. At this time last year, harvest was 96 per cent complete.
