Agri-Coaches Corner/Crop Report

MANITOBA

Pastures are in excellent shape, with hay being cut and baled. Crops are looking good.

East

Spring cereals are at flag leaf, canola four to eight leaf, soybeans second trifoliate and corn 30-35 centimetres tall.
Rain is needed in some areas.
Herbicide spraying is about 85 percent complete, with weeds considered light to medium.
There are reports of diamondback moths.

Central and Interlake

Winter wheat is headed, cereals nearing flag leaf and tillering, early canola is cabbaging to bolting, corn ninth leaf, flax 10-15 cm and sunflowers four to seven leaf.

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Cereal leaf diseases are an issue.
In the Interlake, winter wheat is flowering, spring cereals are at flag leaf, canola five leaf to bolting and soybeans at second trifoliate.
Some areas experienced excess water damage with portions of fields drowned out or yellowing due to stress.

West

Weed spraying is wrapping up in the southwest.
In the northwest, cereals are tillering, canola four to six leaf and pulses 13-18 cm tall.
Insect pressure is very light.
Cereal diseases are limited.

SASKATCHEWAN

Hay and pastures are excellent.

East

In the southeast, heavy rains have caused flooding damage or crop stress.
Crop development is good to excellent with cereals at four to five leaf, canola three leaf to bolting, flax five to 15 cm, and pulses six node.
Cereal diseases include net blotch in barley and tan spot in wheat.
In the northeast, crop damage is reported from heavy rain.
Early sown crops not under water are advancing with cereals at five to six leaf, peas four to six node and canola four to five leaf.
There are reports of flea beetles in canola and leaf diseases in cereals.

Central

Heavy rains have slowed spraying operations. Only two-thirds of the land was sown in east-central areas due to flooding damage.
Crops are showing stress from excessive water.
Early seeded crops are in good to excellent condition.
Cereal diseases are widely reported.

West

In the southwest, winter cereals are heading, wheat and durum four leaf to flag leaf, canola bolting, peas eight node, lentils six node to early flower and chickpeas are close to flowering.
Rains have delayed spraying.
Cereal diseases are common with tan spot, spot blotch and septoria showing up.
Fungicides are being applied.
In the northwest, most crops are reported in good to excellent condition although cool, cloudy weather slowed growth.
Wheat is at three to five leaf, barley four to six leaf, peas four to six node and canola three to four leaf.

ALBERTA

Crop growth and development are very good to excellent. Hay and pastures are in good shape.

South

Cereals are at early flag leaf, canola bolting, sugar beets six to 10 leaf and dry beans second trifoliate.
Silage corn looks very good.

Central

Wheat and barley are nearing flag leaf on early sown fields. Canola is at rosette to early flower.
Cereal diseases like net blotch, scald and septoria are reported.
Light to moderate frost damage was reported around Rocky Mountain House.

North

In the northeast, cereals are at the four- to five-leaf stage, canola two to three leaf to rosette and peas eight node.
Vermilion and Mannville had heavy rain.
Spraying was delayed.
Tan spot was reported in wheat.
There are reports of flea beetles in canola.

Peace River

Cereal crops are in the four to six leaf, peas six to nine node and canola is near bolting stage.
Heavy rain in some areas caused crop water stress.
Weed spraying is nearing completion as weather permits.