MANITOBA
- Canola acres are down across the province, with yields also expected to be poor due to wet weather.
- Many acres remain unseeded in eastern Manitoba and as much as 15 percent of crops have been reseeded.
- Greenfeed is replacing corn acres and soybean acres are down.
- Flea beetles, tan spot and septoria are among problems reported.
- First cut of hay is yielding well, but moisture has affected feed quality.
- Cereal grains are 25 percent tillered and canola is starting to bloom.
- Frost affected crops in the Interlake, with dry beans hardest hit.
- Showers continued in the southwest, where flea beetles are a problem.
- Spraying is largely done in the northwest, where spring wheat is tillered and canola is at the six-leaf to bolt stage.
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SASKATCHEWAN
- Cool weather, showers and frost are reported in the northeast.
- Crops are delayed but soil moisture is good.
- Spraying of grasshoppers has begun and pastures have improved.
- Crops are advancing south of Regina, with frost hard on lentils and canola.
- Cereals are at the six-leaf stage and canola is bolting.
- Grasshopper damage is reported at the edge of pastures. Alfalfa looks good.
- Weyburn and Estevan regions remain wet, with 12 percent of acres not seeded.
- Frost, hail and showers reported in the south-central and southwestern areas.
- Crops are yellowing due to rain and nutrient loss.
- Six percent of the hay crop is cut.
- Frost was reported in west-central and central zones, where cereals are about 75 percent behind.
- Rain replenished water supplies for livestock in the northwest, where 70 percent of the crops have been sprayed.
ALBERTA
- Dawson Creek, Grande Prairie and Fort St. John remain the driest parts of Alberta.
- Canola is flowering but thin due to lack of moisture. Early peas are flowering and short.
- Pasture growth has slowed.
- Crops are advancing near Edmonton, where 80 percent of spraying is complete.
- Cereals are at the boot to flag leaf stage, with canola at the rosette to early bloom stage.
- Net blotch was seen in fields where barley was planted on last year’s barley fields.
- At Red Deer, the first-cut silage is good and rains are expected to help bring along a good second cut.
- Silage corn is behind and potatoes are at the hook to tuber initiation stage.
- Grasshoppers are bad near Eckville, Stony Plain and Oyen.
- Gopher numbers are high in canola fields near pastures.
- Crops are heading out and looking good around Strathmore, with most crop spraying completed.
- First-cut hay is looking good in southern Alberta.
Conditions as of July 5
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