Forty per cent of east central Saskatchewan farmland has less than adequate topsoil moisture, according to the latest provincial crop report.

“It’s still very much a wait and see game, but it’s looking like it’s going to be a mixed bag out there, where some guys have really good crops where they’ve had those frequent showers come overhead and maybe seven miles down the road they’re suffering from lack of rainfall, because those showers have been very localized,” crop extension specialist Brent Flaten said.

Topsoil moisture in the east central is region graded as six per cent surplus, 54 per cent adequate, 33 per cent short, and seven per cent very short.

The area saw some wild weather from July 3-9 with localized thunderstorms, Flaten said.

Rainfall varied from trace amounts to 72 mm in the Rhein area.

Crops are advancing in mostly good condition, though there are signs of heat stress in areas that missed the rain and heat blast in canola.

Conditions are generally dry along the western side of the province and wet in the east and northeast, Flaten said.