Some harvest progress resumed over the weekend in the Weyburn area, following a windy, pounding rain that reached as high 40 to 50 millimetres or four inches on Tuesday and Wednesday last week.

Local crop specialist Elaine Moats said the rainfall varied through the Weyburn region from three-quarters of an inch to as much as four inches, with the pattern following the same pattern as through the summer. This meant the heavier rains were to the north and northeast of Weyburn, and the lighter rains were to the west and south of Weyburn.

The result is also that some producers southwest of the city are almost getting close to wrapping up this year's harvest, as some had seeding dates in mid to late-April, noted Moats.

While unable to pinpoint a percentage figure for the southeast, Moats said it would be slightly higher than last week's completion figure of 15 per cent combined and 27 per cent in the swath or ready for straight-combining.

The bulk of the pea crop has been harvested, while lentils were quite as far along as the peas.

"There was quite a range in maturity dates, and cool weather affected some of the seeding dates," said Moats, adding it's too early yet to get a strong feel for the quality of this year's harvest.

The other factor from the past week was significant and widespread damage from the wind and rain to standing crops.

"It didn't matter what the crop was, whether it was canola, wheat, barley or sunflowers. There was significant damage caused and that certainly had an effect," said Moats, adding other factors also figured in, such as wind direction and topography of the particular fields.

"We started to see people get back into the fields as the week progressed, and by the weekend a fair amount of field activity was underway," said Moats.