MANITOBA
Interlake, East
- In the east, rain amounts ranging from 36 to 75 millimetres delayed winter wheat harvest.
- Oats are ready to be cut.
- Warm weather hastened colour change in canola.
- Hay crop is good, with second cut 70 percent completed.
- Soil moisture is ideal.
- In the Interlake, northern areas are saturated from rain showers.
- Winter wheat harvesting has begun, with moisture and humidity causing some sprouting.
- Good quality hay is in short supply.
- Pastures are in good condition.
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Central, Red River Valley
- Harvest is underway on fall rye and winter wheat, with good to excellent yields reported.
- Swathing is reported in oats and canola.
- Soybeans and edible beans continue to flower and pod.
- Corn is delayed.
- Sprays have been applied to sunflowers for lygus bugs and sunflower beetles.
- Second cut hay harvest continues.
West
- In the south, the winter cereal and pea harvests are underway.
- Good yields are reported south of Trans-Canada Highway.
- Fusarium is affecting all varieties north of the Trans-Canada, with wheat midge also present.
- Pastures are in good shape.
- In the north, hot, dry weather allowed producers to make good harvest progress.
- Most hay is weathered and overmature, with variable yields.
SASKATCHEWAN
Central
- Field colour is changing.
- Standing water observed at Wynyard from recent rains.
- Crop staging is highly variable, raising concerns regarding early swathing and possible green seed counts.
- Hot weather has helped with lentil drydown, especially welcomed by producers facing desiccant shortages.
North
- Harvest is least advanced here, with many green fields still standing in north and east.
- Bertha armyworms are reported east and north of Prince Albert.
South
- Harvest, swathing and silage operations are evident along the Trans-Canada Highway east of Regina.
- High heat has hastened ripening.
- Lentils and peas are being combined and barley is being swathed in the south and east, with swathing of canola in west-central and southern areas.
- Wheat is being swathed rather than straight cut at Assiniboia to battle a sawfly outbreak.
- Bertha armyworms are reported north and east of Regina.
- Peas are yielding 20 to 40 bu. an acre, with lentils yielding lower numbers.
ALBERTA
Peace, Northeast
- Several municipal districts have been declared disaster areas because of extremely dry conditions.
- Grimshaw, Grande Prairie and the Fort St. John, B.C., areas are extremely dry.
- Heat extremes in the mid 30s C brought on crops prematurely.
- Swathing of peas and some wheat is underway at Grimshaw.
- Fort Vermilion and Manning report fair to good moisture conditions.
- Rains at Barrhead and Westlock will help second cut hay crops.
Central
- Silage operations are in full swing across much of the area.
- Canola is being swathed, with barley harvest underway at Alliance. Pea harvest is underway near Galahad.
- Some wheat is burning up in the heat.
- Winter wheat and fall rye harvests have started.
- Canola and peas are being swathed in north-central and central regions.
- Second cut hay is poor due to declining soil moisture.
- Drier conditions seen toward Saskatchewan border, with reports of grasshoppers in east-central districts.
- Recent rains around Edmonton are helping the second crop of hay.
South
- Mild weather created good growing and ripening conditions for crops.
- Crops are furthest along in south, with combining started on winter wheat, fall rye and peas.
- Crops are generally a week behind normal development for this time of year.
- Lygus bugs are reported in alfalfa.
Conditions as of Aug. 18.
