MANITOBA
East
- Winter wheat and barley harvest complete, canola 100 percent swathed and 50 percent combined (35-45 bushels per acre) and spring wheat 80 percent combined (45-55 bu. per acre).
- Corn, sunflowers and soybeans filling.
Central
- Rain and cooler temperatures delayed harvest.
- Cereal crops are largely harvested with variable yields and good quality. Winter wheat 65-85 bu., spring wheat 35-65 bu. and barley 35-120 bu.
nn Low sclerotinia levels reported.
- Canola is being harvested and oats swathed.
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Interlake
- Rain delayed harvest.
- Cereal harvest is nearly complete, canola swathed and combining begun.
- Wheat 40-60 bu. per acre, barley 40-80 bu. and canola 25-40 bu.
- Pastures are fair.
West
- Winter wheat, fall rye and peas are all harvested, with below average yields.
- Barley and oat harvests have begun but rain and cool temperatures have delayed combining.
- Canola swathing continues but little combined.
- Flax is ripening.
- Pastures are fair to good, with delays to second cut haying.
SASKATCHEWAN
Rain delayed harvest across the province.
South
- Winter wheat and pulse harvest is completed.
- Oilseeds are 20 percent combined, with average to below average yields. Barley harvest is underway, with yields average to below average and variable protein levels and bushel weights.
- Heavy kochia populations are challenging harvest operations.
- Hay fields are recovering in recent rains.
Central
- Fall rye and winter wheat harvest continues, barley and peas about 10 percent complete and most canola now swathed.
- Yields are variable, ranging from average to below average.
- Pastures are good.
West
- Fall rye and winter wheat crops are furthest ahead, followed by lentils and peas.
- Most canola is swathed but wind has caused damage.
- Pastures are fair to good with recent rains.
North
nn Swathing continues but only
a small percentage of crops are
combined.
- Pastures are fair to good.
ALBERTA
South
- Harvest is complete on a majority of dryland acres.
- Harvest on irrigated land continues. Yields are good, with lighter than expected bushel weights.
- Potato harvest is now on.
- Showers and heavy morning dew have caused minor delays.
- Field conditions are quite dry, with reports of combine fires.
- Pastures are poor due to dry conditions.
Central
- Showers and cool weather have delayed harvest operations.
- Silage making is 20-40 percent complete.
- Early barley and peas are being combined. Canola swathing is now in full swing except for later fields that are still green.
- Yields average to above average.
- Pastures are in good condition.
North
- Showers and cool weather delayed harvest.
- Peas are 60-75 percent combined, yielding 30-55 bu. an acre.
- Pre-harvest on wheat has started, canola swathing is in full swing and barley swathing is on.
- Pastures are in good condition.
Peace River
- Cool, wet weather slowed crop maturity and harvest.
- Cereals nearing hard dough stage. Early canola fields being swathed.
- Early wheat and pea fields are being harvested, with average yields.
- Weed growth has been heavy.
- Yields variable for canola but cereals look average to above average.
- Pastures are fair to good.
- Second cut hay is down.
Conditions as of Aug. 27
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