MANITOBA
East
- Swathing of fall cereals and early barley underway. Harvested fall seeded crops have above average yield and quality.
- Kochia and second growth wild oats present.
- Pastures drying up and second cut haying started.
Central
- Spring cereals starting to ripen, cereals filling, flax flowers ending, barley lodging, peas ripening.
- Good soil moisture and heavy dew aiding heat tolerance.
- Wild oats in second flush.
- Pastures excellent, haying ongoing.
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Interlake
- Winter wheat harvest started, with desiccation spraying under way.
- Fusarium reported in winter wheat.
* Pastures good, but need rain. West
- Pastures good, but need rain. West
- Wheat, barley and oats in early dough stage. Peas starting to ripen. Early canola finished flowering. Flax in mid to end of flowering.
- Fields should be monitored for bertha armyworm.
- Pastures very good. Second cut underway.
SASKATCHEWAN
Hot, dry conditions are rapidly advancing crops and creating heat stress.
South
- Flower blast in canola especially on lighter land. Winter wheat and early barley turning.
- Spring cereals fully headed and canola done flowering. Peas and lentils ripening so swathing and desiccation spraying started.
- Diamondback moth expanding and bertha larvae seen. Grasshoppers now a concern.
- Pastures good and haying nearly complete.
Central
- Cereals filling and early barley ripening. Most canola finished flowering. Barley silaging well underway. Peas finished flowering and beginning to yellow.
- Severe hail damage in some areas.
- High risk of bertha armyworms between Saskatoon and Regina. Wheat midge numbers variable.
- Pastures good and second cut alfalfa silaging underway.
West
- Most cereals in the late milk stage. Canola starting to fill. Peas and lentils starting to be desiccated. Heat wave reduced crop yield potential. Crops advancing rapidly with the high temperatures.
- Severe hail reported in some areas.
- High populations of diamondback moth larvae and fields should be monitored for berthas. Grasshoppers a problem with damage in canola.
- Pastures starting to suffer, haying complete.
North
- Heat wave and moisture stress rapidly advanced crops and reduced yield potential. Cereals in late milk stage. Canola, peas and mustard podding.
- Wheat midge and some disease in cereals reported.
- Pastures in fair to good condition. First cut hay complete.
ALBERTA
High temperatures are rapidly advancing crops and causing crop stress.
South
- Dryland crops rapidly turning on lighter soil. Crops good considering the hot and dry conditions.
- Silaging of barley is underway. Pasture burning up in heat.
- Bertha armyworms evident.
Central
- High temperature rapidly advancing crops. Cereals headed. Canola finished or nearly finished flowering. Late crops pounded by heavy rain. Generally crops good except for low areas with waterlogging damage.
- Pastures are very good to excellent. Second cut haying underway.
North
- Hot and dry. Silaging started. Early peas desiccated. Crops advancing rapidly but recent rain has maintained crop condition except for some heat blasting in canola.
- Pastures very good and second cut haying started.
Peace River
- Wheat and barley headed with early fields starting to turn. Canola finished flowering. Crop condition good where rain occurred but in dry areas the heat is causing barley to turn or burn up and blasting canola flowers.
- Clover cutworms and bertha armyworms showing up.
Conditions as of July 30.
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