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It can be tough to think about next year鈥檚 crop before this one is in the bin, but winter wheat is well worth growing. It spreads out the spring and fall workloads, though planting winter wheat is likely to overlap with harvest.

Friendly Acres Seed Farm south of Saltcoats held its annual crop tour Sunday. Some 30 area producers attended, walking through the crop plots which included soybeans, a grain corn trial, sweet corn, cover crop strips and winter triticale.

Harvest has begun in some parts of the province, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture鈥檚 Weekly Crop Report. Less than one per cent of the provincial crop has been combined, while one per cent is ready to straight-cut.

Recently I had the opportunity to drive Highway #22 from Killaly to Lemberg, and a couple of weeks earlier had covered the stretch from Highway #10 to Lemberg.

By Lyndon Hicks Regional crops specialist, Yorkton Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture This time of year there are many questions about harvest management and the use of pre-harvest chemicals in crops.

As of August 1, three flaxseed varieties were deregistered by the Canadian Grain Commission. The Commission notified producers and industry stakeholders that CDV Arras, Flanders and Somme flaxseed varieties were no longer registered.

The Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture is reminding producers to vaccinate their livestock following confirmation that anthrax has been found in cattle in the RM of Harris.

When it comes to world trade the idea of free movement of goods is held up as an idea the world should aspire to.

Haying continues to advance in the province as livestock producers now have 67 per cent of the hay crop baled or put into silage. An additional 14 per cent is cut and ready for baling, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture鈥檚 weekly Crop Report.

The Canadian Charolais Youth Association held its annual Conference and Show in Yorkton last week.