It’s been a slow spring for Daphne Cruise.

“This winter seems to be holding on until the bitter end, so as far as field work goes within the province, right now there’s very little,” said Cruise, a Moose Jaw crop extension specialist with the agriculture ministry.

“There’s a little bit of fieldwork happening in the southwest but that would be more like rock picking and harrowing, maybe.”

Southern parts of the province are typically two to three per cent seeded by now, she said.

“The north is always a little bit behind but especially up there in the northeast they do have quite a bit of snow to go before they're out on the field, so that’s a little bit of a concern right now.”

The later winter hangs on, the more of a concern it becomes - but there have been other late years in the past decade and depending on how the growing season goes, they're not much later when it comes to harvest, she said.

Farmers may end up switching in some crops with a shorter growing season if the snow sticks around into May, she said.

“But at this time it’s too early to tell if that will happen and we just have to play it by ear and see, hopefully this next week we’re going to get some plus temperatures and that will hopefully speed things up.”