Harvest is beginning on the west side of the province according to the latest Saskatchewan Crop Report. The report states that harvest is at least a week away for the eastern side of the province. The delay is due to later seeding, lack of crop development, and recent rainfalls. We set out to see if we could find a prairie grain producer on the combine. 

"Yeah it's the first day in the field for me," said Daryl Imrie. He and his wife Crystal are farming in the White Bear area, R.M. of Lacadena, which is about 12 miles north west of the town of Kyle. Imrie said that he's starting on red lentils, and he plans on going to field peas next and then onto Durum. 

Several recent storms across the West Central Online listening area have caused property damage, and crop damage. Imrie was also impacted, "a little damage. There was a hail storm that went through. It caught some of my stuff, but not as near as bad as a few of the neighbours around here." 

He thinks that his harvest operation will take about a month, if the weather holds up.