Scorching temperatures and a lack of precipitation in July across the southwest have led some producers to begin harvesting.
The region is leading the province with four per cent of its crop harvested thanks to almost half the fall rye and 35 per cent of triticale in the bin.
Meghan Rosso, a crops extension specialist with the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, said the province is at two per cent of harvest complete which falls in line with their five and 10-year average.
"We don't have crop estimates on where things are yielding (yet)," she said. "We'll have a better indication moving forward throughout the harvest season as more crops are coming off in the region."
Twenty-three per cent of field peas, 10 per cent of lentils, seven per cent of oats, and three per cent of barley have been harvested in the southwest as of yesterday's provincial crop report.
The majority of crops being harvested currently are for feed, although producers will have to settle for just one cut of hay this year.
"Producers have indicated that they're overall happy with the feed supply that they currently have from their haying operations," she said.
Topsoil moisture was depleted from June to July pushing much of the region from adequate to into a shortage in crop, hay, and pasture land areas.