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Table 1. Area of Saskatchewan at or Below Last Year for Forage and Cereal 
Crop Using Satellite Data 
Forage: Cereal Crop: 
June 24-30, 88/87 July 14-21, 88/87 
% of 1987 
Area 
(%) 
Cum 
(%) 
Area 
(km) 
Area 
(%) 
Cum 
(%) 
Area 
(km) 
0-39% 
. 1 
. 1 
451.2 
40-49% 
18.9 
18.9 
74728.2 
1.9 
2.0 
7719.6 
50-59% 
6.5 
25.5 
25906.1 
7.8 
9.9 
30975.8 
60-69% 
7.5 
33.0 
29616.1 
11.4 
21.4 
45349.6 
70-79% 
8.1 
41.1 
32259.7 
10.1 
31.5 
39869.6 
80-89% 
8.4 
49.6 
33237.8 
7.6 
39.1 
30038.7 
90-99% 
7.4 
57.0 
29526.8 
6.1 
45.3 
24424.2 
>100% 
42.9 
100.0 
169331.2 
54.6 
100.0 
215776.8 
100.0 
394605.0 
100.0 
394605.0 
TABLE 2 1989 WEEKLY YIELD AS A PERCENT OF AVERAGE JULY GROWTH OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR [1988] 
! CONTINENT 
! North America EURO-ASIA 
DATE ! NE NW SE SW EUROPE USSR CHINA INDIA 
AFRICA 
SE ASIA NE MID EAST 
GULF 
April 24-30 ! 
45 
60 
100 
50 
80 
30 
0 
no 
no 
80 
45 
40 
May 1-7 ! 
45 
50 
110 
55 
100 
30 
40 
90 
70 
70 
40 
30 
May 8-14 ! 
45 
50 
110 
70 
100 
40 
60 
80 
80 
60 
45 
50 
May 15 - 21 ! 
50 
55 
95 
70 
100 
45 
70 
75 
90 
60 
60 
55 
May 22 - 28 ! 
90 
70 
100 
80 
90 
60 
70 
70 
80 
50 
40 
60 
May 29 - June 4 ! 
90 
80 
90 
80 
90 
70 
60 
80 
70 
40 
40 
50 
June 5-11 ! 
95 
80 
85 
80 
80 
70 
70 
50 
80 
50 
50 
50 
June 12-17 ! 
95 
85 
80 
80 
90 
75 
60 
45 
90 
40 
40 
60 
June 19-25 ! 
100 
90 
80 
80 
90 
80 
60 
45 
90 
40 
40 
50 
June 26 - July 2 ! 
100 
90 
75 
80 
80 
85 
65 
40 
80 
40 
40 
50 
July 3-9 ! 
100 
95 
70 
70 
80 
85 
70 
50 
75 
40 
45 
40 
July 10-16 ! 
95 
95 
80 
60 
80 
90 
75 
60 
80 
40 
50 
40 
July 17-23 ! 
95 
90 
80 
60 
70 
80 
80 
50 
70 
50 
50 
40 
AVERAGE 
CONTINENT AVERAGE 
80 
79 
76 
89 
70 
87 
72 
65 
60 
65 
82 
51 
48 
45 
47 
268