The entire province was hit by some rainy and cool weather this week, after a long stretch of great harvest conditions. Saskatchewan as a whole now has 62 percent of crops in the bin, ahead of the five-year average of 53 percent.

In the southeast, however, farmers have gone to task and 84 percent has been combined. Producers in and around Weyburn still managed to be productive despite the precipitation.

[Harvest] "Is up from 77 percent last week, so a little bit of progress was made," said Daphne Cruise, a crop extension specialist with the Government of Saskatchewan. "A lot of combines have been moving very slowly, or completely quit this past week."

The Weyburn area received officially eight millimeters of rain from September 11 to 17. Meanwhile, Radville got six millimeters and Grenfell saw 17 mm. The heavy rains around the province did cause damage, especially up in northern Saskatchewan, according to Cruise. The Nipawin area saw 66 mm while Meadow Lake got 70 mm. 

Even with the below-average week, southeast producers are still well ahead of the five-year average of 63 percent. Overall, crop quality is good and yields are heavily varied depending on the amount of rainfall received earlier on in the growing season. 

Farmers in the area are now just waiting on flax, canola, and soybeans, while some are already finished harvest.