The harvest is off to an early start in the Eston area, about 60 kilometres southeast of Kindersley in west-central Saskatchewan.

Dave Hewlitt started combining lentils on August 1st as the crop ripened quickly under the warm and very dry conditions.  A few rare showers slowed the harvest down a bit last week, but Hewlitt is combining durum this week.  Yields are about what was expected—anywhere from 50 to 60 per cent of a normal crop.

CJWW Agriculture Director Neil Billinger spoke to Hewlitt on Monday afternoon as he combined some durum about 12 miles southwest of Eston.

(Harvest pictures by Dave Hewlitt on Monday, August 14th about 12 miles southwest of Eston)