Producers across southwestern Saskatchewan are gearing up for their busiest time of the year.
According to the province's weekly crop report released last Thursday, harvest operations in the southwest are now in full swing with 1 per cent complete.
George Entz from the Grassy Hills Colony (southeast of Tompkins) said his crops so far have been graded as fair.
"More rain would have been great," he said Tuesday morning. "We had about 5 to 6 inches for the year, so we got a nice crop stand for everything that we got and we're very thankful for that."
Entz and his crew farm lentils, peas, durum, and wheat.
"Lentils are a little off compared to what we thought," he said. "There are a lot of aborted pods due to moisture. Everything else looks pretty good, the peas have done pretty good."
Yesterday morning Entz said the spring wheat they were harvesting near the colony was bringing in around 45 bushels.