Agri-Coaches Corner/Crop Report

MANITOBA

East and Interlake

Winter wheat harvest is near completion with yields reported at 60 to 90 bushels an acre.
Flax and canola are podded and early canola fields are turning colour.
Soybeans are variable and most fields look below average. Corn is tasseling and sunflowers are flowering.
There are reports of aphids.
Pastures are dry and need rain.

Central and southwest

Winter wheat is harvested with yields of 65 to 80 bu. an acre.

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Swathing of all crops has begun as crops ripen prematurely. Canola has weathered the high temperatures well.
Yield potentials now look average in the southwest.
Soybeans are flowering and podding. Soybean aphids are reported.

Northwest

Crops deteriorated with high temperatures but are advancing rapidly with many fields turning.
Bertha armyworm spraying continues in the Swan River area.
There are reports of wheat midge but most crops are past the susceptible stage.

SASKATCHEWAN

Southeast and northeast

Cereals are fully headed. Canola has finished flowering with some fields fully podded.
Peas are podded and some fields are swathed. Lentils are podded and ripening. Chickpeas continue to flower.

Aphids are reported in many crops with some fields at high numbers. Wheat midge is highly variable.
Wheat stem maggots near Birch Hills and Tisdale.
Sawfly infestations are high in some areas.

Central

Hot weather continues to advance crops rapidly.
Canola is podded with some fields turning colour. Many canola fields experienced flower heat blasting.
Wheat is headed and the majority of fields still looks good. Early flax is looking good but late fields are still flowering.
Pea fields are standing better than last year. Lentil crops are looking good but disease is evident.
Stripe rust and variable wheat midge damage reported.
Bertha armyworm levels are low in most areas.

Southwest

Winter wheat and fall rye harvests continue with above average yields.
Early seeded pea and lentil crops are now being harvested with average yields.
Spring wheat is at flowering to soft dough stage. Early sown crops are looking better than late sown crops.
Canola fields vary from flowering to swathed.
Chickpeas are flowering but disease is an issue.

Northwest

Most crops continue to develop although heat damage is reported on lighter soil.
Many cereal, pea and canola fields are now turning colour.

ALBERTA

South

Winter wheat harvest is under way. Hot and dry weather has advanced crops.
Spring cereals are filling and have excellent growing conditions but farmers expect shrivelling.
Canola is podding but yield potential has been reduced due to flower heat blasting.
Corn is now more than three metres tall with a lot of variability between fields.
Dry beans have been damaged by the extreme heat.
Early blight is reported in potatoes.

Central and north

Crops are turning and maturing rapidly due to high temperatures.
Harvest will begin about two weeks earlier than normal.
Yield potential has dropped, even with recent widespread rains.
Fields on lighter land and hilltops show drought and heat stress.
Canola fields are turning colour.
Crop diseases are light. Bertha armyworm hot spots are reported around Vermilion and Wainwright.

Peace River

Wheat is ripening with good yield potential in the northern areas and average potential in the south.
Barley crops have average yields in the north but below average in the south.