Alberta
South
Hail claims increase
Severe rain, hail and wind have damaged many crops. The crops range from excellent to dismal depending on the area. Grassland and pasture all look good. Some haying is underway with mixed success.
Continual rain has made it difficult to get hay off in good, dry condition. Crop stage is extremely variable. Spraying for sclerotinia, lygus bugs and cabbage seedpod weevil is underway. Diamondback moth larvae are beginning to surface.
Warm weather is needed to mature crops and allow haying to continue. Hail insurance claims increased to more than 600 from a single storm July 12.
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Central
Rain bogs down haying
Showers and heavy rains continued. Canola and cereal crops are benefiting from rain. Some crops are beginning to lodge. Cereal crops range from flag leaf to heading stage, but are generally behind normal. Spraying for sclerotinia in canola is underway.
Farmers are trying to hay, but with mixed success. Heavy swaths and rain have made haying difficult. Silage is underway in some areas.
Northwest
Rains help area
Recent rains of more than 25 mm have helped improve crop conditions.
Some canola is showing signs of drought stress, but recent rains will help.
Haying is estimated at half to two bales per acre. Farmers are noticing winterkill in their alfalfa hay crops from last winter’s poor snow cover.
Northeast
Haying halted
Rain kept most farmers out of their field and halted haying. Hay crops look good. Grassland ranges from good to poor.
Cereal crops are in flag leaf stage and canola and peas are in full bloom.
Peace &B.C.
Poor grasslands
The area is suffering from a lack of rain. Grande Prairie farmers received some spotty rain over the weekend. Canola crops are affected and flower blast is beginning to occur. Cereal crops have stalled and have used all available moisture.
Grassland is in extremely poor condition but growth has occurred in recent weeks. Haying is underway across the region. Swaths are light and hay is in good condition with excellent quality.
MANITOBA
Southwest
Crops rebound
Many crops are rebounding from moisture stress and have improved significantly in the past week. Most early seeded cereal crops are done flowering, but later seeded cereal crops range from tillering to starting to head. Some areas report heavy disease pressure. Pastures are starting to dry up and producers are reporting foot rot from the wet fields.
Central
Root rot showing up
Soils continue to range from good moisture to excessive. Crops are progressing. Winter cereal crops are beginning to colour and mature. Some root rot diseases have appeared.
Eastern
Variable crop staging
Crop staging is variable. Fields that suffered excess moisture damage have thin stands and lower yields are expected. Water stressed fields are drying up. Despite the rain, hay yields are expected to be good with reports of alfalfa at two tonnes per acre.
Interlake
Poor pastures
Cereal crops are headed out and canola crops are in the flowering stage. Warm season crops like corn, soybeans and sunflowers are advancing in warmer temperatures. Hay harvest is slow. Pasture conditions are rated as poor.
Northwest
Weedy fields
Much of the canola crop is flowering with podding occurring in the more advanced fields. Corn crops are responding to warmer temperatures. Air and ground applied fungicide treatments are continuing, mainly for sclerotinia control.
Unseeded acres and seeded fields are weedy. Some greenfeed has been seeded to deal with the excess moisture. Hay and silage operations are underway, but hay quality is diminishing because of excess rain.
Saskatchewan
Southwest
Slow hay progress
More rain fell over the past week, leaving about 16 percent of the topsoil moisture rated as surplus. Crops are maturing at different stages.
Hay is slow to dry due to high humidity, heavy swaths and showers.
Southeast
Diseases reported
Haying is continuing. Most hay is in good to excellent condition.
Ascochyta blight and leaf diseases are beginning to cause crop damage because of high moisture throughout the season. Farmers are busy controlling weeds in chem fallow and applying fungicide in fields that were seeded. Crops look good where there is drainage.
West-Central
Crops delayed
Damage is reported from flooding, hail, leaf diseases, ascochyta blight, anthracnose, tan spot and net blotch.
Haying is underway with about 16 percent of the crop cut.
Farmers have turned to chem fallow as a way to control disease and weed problems. Crops look good, but are one to two weeks behind in development.
East-Central
Surplus moisture
About 67 percent of the topsoil moisture is rated as surplus.
Flooding continues to cause the majority of crop damage. Some hail damage was reported and leaf diseases, ascochyta blight and anthracnose are also causing damage.
Haying is under way with about 10 percent of the crop cut and five percent baled. Aerial spraying is continuing in areas that are too wet for ground application. High weed pressure is reported.
Northwest
Hail damage
Some hail damaged crop and some crops are suffering from flood damage. Haying is underway and quality is expected to be excellent with good yields. Pastures are also looking good and continue to grow.
Northeast
Flooding reported
The majority of crop damage is due to flooding. Some hail has been reported and wheat midge has shown up in some areas. Tan spot, root rot and ascochyta blight have also been reported. Crops are patchy. Haying is underway.
