SOUTHWEST
Precipitation ranged from 15 to 55 millimetres and temperatures were moderate to produce excellent growing conditions.
Average yields are reported in harvested fields. Some barley crops are being swathed. Initial yields for field pea are in the 40 to 50 buhels per acre range.
First cut alfalfa and alfalfa/grass hay have deteriorated, however second cut alfalfa has average to above average yields with good quality.
NORTHWEST
Harvest was at a standstill as a major weather system brought 10 to 50 mm of rain.
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Crop condition varies from good to poor.
Soil moisture conditions are generally rated adequate.
Greenfeed and silage is ready for harvest.
CENTRAL
Rainfall varied from a few millimeters to 60 mm and most areas have adequate moisture for excellent growing conditions.
Lodging is widespread in cereals and some canola fields.
Much of the winter wheat and fall rye crop has been harvested on the eastern side.
EASTERN
Precipitation ranged from 15 to 40 mm, which delayed the harvest. Many fields have standing water and there are areas where crops are drowned out.
Soil moisture conditions are rated adequate to surplus.
There are increasing reports of phytophthora wilt in soybeans.
Hay supplies are rated 80 percent adequate and pastures 90 percent good.
INTERLAKE
Precipitation amounts varied from 10 mm to about 100 mm.
Producers are completing preharvest applications and swathing spring cereals, peas and canola fields.
Insect pressures are generally low, however spraying is occurring in alfalfa seed fields because lygus bugs are meeting the economic thresholds.
Fewer hay bales are being wrapped for silage and more hay is being baled dry.
Foxtail barley are evident in pastures due to selective grazing.
