MANITOBA
East
- Showers last week revived crops, but corn, sunflowers and soybeans still need moisture.
- Winter wheat harvest nearly done. Slightly above average yields but some quality issues.
- Barley combining is occurring and yields look slightly below average.
- Canola swathing is starting, with a higher incidence of aster yellows.
- Pasture conditions are deteriorating.
Central
- Harvest underway on early seeded wheat.
- Barley swathing and combining have
started. Oats maturing.
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- Canola swathing is almost completed.
- Potatoes are bulking and early sunflower fields are starting to go out of flower.
- Winter wheat and fall rye combining are nearing completion, with average yields.
- Second cut hay is underway.
Interlake
- Winter wheat harvest nearing completion.
- Canola swathing is in full swing, with spring wheat also being harvested. Yields are average, with some quality issues.
- Sunflowers are 50 percent flowering, soybeans finished flowering and corn is filling.
- Green clover worm reported in soybeans.
West
- More than 25 millimetres of rain fell last week, with high temperatures reported. Severe hailstorms caused damage to crops around Dauphin, Gilbert Plains and Grandview.
- Winter wheat, rye and pea harvests have started, with average yields.
- Spring wheat, barley, oats, flax and canola are about two weeks from maturity.
- Some spraying for bertha armyworms.
- Second cut haying has started.
SASKATCHEWAN
South
- Showers were reported, with hail and wind damage in spots. Heat lowered yield potential.
- Winter wheat and peas are being harvested and rye is being cut.
- Some grasshopper damage is reported.
- Second cut hay is underway. Pasture
conditions deteriorating.
Central
- Winter wheat and field peas have been desiccated and canola swathing has begun.
- Spotty hail severely damaged some crops.
- Second cut hay and silage is underway.
- Bertha armyworm and diamondback moth pressure is variable with some spraying being done.
- Aster yellows frequency is high in canola.
West
- Peas and lentils are being harvested, with high variability due to hail.
- Winter wheat is nearing harvest completion, with average yields.
- Canola swathing in full swing.
- The heat has hurt crops, especially later seeded ones. Durum is showing heat stress.
- Pasture conditions deteriorating.
East
- Cereals are ripening quickly, with some barley swathed and a bit of early barley harvested.
- Oilseeds are ripening, with swathing well underway.
- Field peas are largely harvested. Lentil
harvest is starting.
- Scouting for bertha armyworm continues. Sawfly damage starting to appear. Aphid
populations are high in canaryseed.
- Soil moisture is poor.
ALBERTA
South
- Harvest is in full swing around Lethbridge with silage nearing completion on cereal crops.
- Showers around Lethbridge and rain around Calgary revived later crops.
- Pea and winter wheat harvest started north and east towards Saskatchewan, with above average yields in spots that received rain in July.
- Canola swathing started.
- Spraying is underway for lygus in canola.
- Pasture and hay shortages reported in southern areas.
Central
- Peas are being combined.
- Second cut hay is just starting.
- Canola insect pressure is reported, with limited spraying.
- Highway 2 corridor is green, with average to above average yield potential. Early seeded wheat might have frost damage.
North
- Frost was reported in La Crete.
- Good growing conditions were observed, with second cut hay in full swing.
- Lygus bugs are a concern.
Peace River
- Rain delayed timothy and fescue harvest.
- Scattered showers and heavy rain around Grande Prairie, with frost reported.
- Some first cut hay still being taken.
- Canola yield potential highly variable.
Conditions as of Aug. 13
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