August is winding down, but harvest is picking up.

The weekly crop report was released from the province, and the latest numbers show the dry weather has been beneficial for farmers

Crop extension specialist, Allie Noble

"The hot and dry weather has meant that harvest has really progressed in the southeast region, which includes that Weyburn region. They have approximately 42% of their crop in the bin which is up from 24% last week, so that's a really large jump",

Noble explains just how much of an impact the dry weather has made on harvest;

"The 5 year average for this time of year is 22%. With all of our averages reguarding harvest we see that they're well ahead of the 5 year because of how hot and dry its been, it means crops are maturing rapidly and the guys can be in the fields".

"We have seen that our fall and winter cereals have been going quickly into the bin. Most of our pulses like our field peas and our lentils we're approximately 76% in the bin for peas and 74% for lentils. Everything else is around that 30% and below, which is pretty normal".

Southwestern Saskatchewan is the 46% combined, which is the highest in the province. The southeastern region is at 42% complete, west central 23%, and east central is 16% finished.

Taking a look at each type of crop; fall rye is 96% complete, field peas - 76%, winter wheat 78%, lentils 74%, mustard - 30%, barley - 36%, durum - 32%, spring wheat - 16%, and 7% of canola is now in the bin.