The midway point of August is here, and harvest is just around the corner.

Agronomist Larry Durand tells us how harvest activities in our region compare to the southern part of the province.

"We're not nearly as advanced in harvest as our farmer friends down in the south that has been so dry. We've been a bit more fortunate up here, we started with good moisture and we've had a bit more rain. So our harvest activities are delayed compared to the south."

He adds that some crops should start coming down as early as next week.

"In the past week or two with the increase heats we've had, things are coming along now. I haven't seen a lot of harvest activities per say yet, but I think it will be coming along very quickly here in the next week or so. We'll see more crops starting to come down and maybe even the odd combine out in the field."

Durand explains what some of those first crops may be.

As is typical, some of the earlier seeded barley, oats, and field peas. Also, some winter annual crops that are already getting harvested. I haven't seen any in my travels, but crops like fall rye and winter wheat tend to be the first crops harvested."

According to Saskatchewan Agriculture's Weekly Crop Report, one percent of the 2017 crop has been combined in the area.

Provincially, seven percent of the crop is in, with most of the progress continuing to be in southern areas.