Heavy rain, hail and damaging winds through the growing season has resulted in crop damage in some areas.

Murray Feist is a ruminant nutrition specialist with Saskatchewan's Ministry of Agriculture, and he says some producers are looking to utilize the damaged crops as feed, but he says producers should look at getting the feed tested first.

"Those kind of crops (cereals and pulses) can be used for greenfeed and can baled up for cattle feed, but there would be some particulars around that," Feist says. "The stage of maturity of these crops will play into the feed quality and the feed management."

Producers also need to remember that nitrate levels in hailed out crops can continue to rise, and could increase the risk of nitrate poisoning.