MANITOBA
Rain is needed in several areas. Haying and pasture growth are slowing down.
East
- Crops are ahead of normal with wheat and barley heading, oats at flag leaf, canola five to 50 percent flowering, early flax flowering, soybeans third trifoliate and sunflowers and corn knee high.
- Low numbers of aphids reported in flax and canaryseed. Bertha armyworm moth counts are high in traps.
- Tan spot, bacterial blight and powdery mildew reported in cereals.
Central and Interlake
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- Crops are ahead of normal with cereals heading, canola bolting to full flower, corn six to eight leaf, flax bolting to flowering, soybeans third trifoliate and winter wheat flowering.
- Spotty hail and thunderstorms reported.
- Spraying under way for tan spot, powdery mildew and septoria.
- Bertha armyworm moths and sunflower beetle larvae reported.
- In the Interlake, crop development is rapid with early cereals heading, early canola flowering, flax 23-28 centimetres high, sunflowers at early bud and soybeans at third trifoliate.
- Powdery mildew reported in cereals.
West
- In the south, cereals are in flag leaf to early heading, pulses flowering, canola bolting and winter wheat flowering.
- Some tan spot, wheat streak mosaic and septoria reported in cereals.
- In the north, cereals are heading, canola bolting to flowering and pulses flowering.
- Some localized hail reported.
- High bertha armyworm moth counts observed east of Swan River.
SASKATCHEWAN
Haying is good but pastures are slowing down in several areas.
East
- In the south, crops are improving and advancing rapidly with high temperatures. Cereals are at early flag leaf, canola bolting, pulses are late bud to early flowering.
- Leaf rust on winter wheat and tan spot on spring cereals reported.
- Ascochyta is limited in lentils.
- Many crops have root rot.
- Sawfly adults and wheat midge reported.
- In the north, warm, dry weather is helping crops recover from excess moisture stress. More than half the crops rated good to excellent.
- Serious weed pressure on wet, unseeded land.
Central
- Warm, dry weather is improving crop development with cereals five leaf to early heading, canola four leaf to 20 percent flowering, flax 10-20 cm high and pulses eight node to flowering.
- High temperatures have caused some flower blasting.
- Wheat midge and barley thrips reported in the eastern areas.
- Sawflies present in high numbers in some areas.
- Bertha armyworm moth counts high in areas like Bruno.
West
- In the south, crops are suffering some heat stress.
- Winter wheat is starting to turn, cereals are flag leaf to heading, pulses early flowering and canola bolting to 25 percent flowering.
- In the north, cereals are at flag leaf to heading, pulses eight node to flowering and canola is bolting to flowering.
ALBERTA
Haying continues and pasture crops are in very good condition.
South
- Early cereals are heading out, canola and pulses in full flower, silage corn one metre,
potatoes flowering and dry beans and sugar beets progressing well.
- Isolated thunderstorms with hail reported.
- A majority of early canola has been sprayed for cabbage seedpod weevil.
- Heavy sawflies reported in Chinook area.
Central
- Cereals just starting to head, with canola bolting to 20 percent in flower.
- Lygus in canola reported.
North
- To the east, cereals are heading, pulses and canola flowering.
- Some crops showing moisture stress.
- Scattered rains with some hail reported.
- To the west, crops are advancing rapidly and are two weeks ahead of normal.
- Warm dry weather with some scattered showers and hail reported.
- Cereals are heading, pulses and canola flowering, with some fields at full flower.
- Moisture stress on canola is causing the early loss of bottom leaves.
Peace River
- Warm, dry weather has advanced crops.
- Scattered thunderstorms seen in some areas but many areas need rain as soils are cracking and canola is wilting by the end of the day.
- Many canola fields are looking thin due to previous water stress.
- Clover cutworms reported in canola.
- Grasshoppers are hatching in British Columbia’s Peace region.
Conditions as of July 1
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