Alberta
South
Leaf diseases reported
It’s estimated harvest will be 10 to 20 days later than normal. Showers and hail were reported during the past week. Spring cereals and canola crops are in good to excellent condition. Harvest has begun on winter cereals and dry peas. Some leaf diseases are showing up because of excess moisture. Spraying for lygus bugs continues.
Central
Silage crops good
Rain continued and fields are waterlogged. Yields are expected to be higher than normal, but crop development is about seven to 10 days behind normal. Cattle producers have good crops of silage. Generally hay crop yields are good, but quality is poor.
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Northwest
Lodging a problem
Rain continued to delay haying. Generally yields are excellent, but quality is average. Overall cereal and oilseed crops are one to two weeks behind normal. Many cereal crops have lodged. Canola crops look good and are expected to bring higher than average yields. Swathing of peas has started, but will require time to dry with the excess moisture in the ground.
Northeast
Warm weather needed
Crops are generally good to excellent with higher than average yield potential. Some hail was reported. Farmers are looking for warm weather to dry fields and speed crop development. Rain continued to hamper haying operations. Silage crops are good, but swathing lodged crops is a problem.
Peace &B.C.
Spraying for pests
Harvest is well underway. Canola and pea yields range from five to 25 bushels per acre due to drought. Despite poor crops, some farmers are spraying for lygus bugs, flea beetles and diamondback larvae. Silage operations are complete with poor yields. Many cattle producers have started selling entire herds.
Manitoba
Southwest
Fusarium a concern
Cereal harvest has begun. Spring wheat yields range from 30 to 40 bu. per acre, but with concerns of fusarium head blight. South of Highway 1, barley is 40 percent complete with yields from 40 to 70 bu. per acre. Winter wheat harvest is complete in the south with yields ranging from 30 to 65 bu. per acre. Fusarium head blight is the main downgrading factor. Pea harvest is half finished with good yields. Producers have begun to swath canola. Harvest continues to be a problem as equipment bogs down in waterlogged fields.
Interlake
Maturity varied
Some rain has delayed harvest, but forecasts of warm, windy weather allowed harvest to continue. Swathing of canola is almost finished. Many crops have variable crop development, making swathing decisions difficult. Soybeans and sunflowers continue to thrive due to the warm weather. Producers are scouting fields for soybean aphids and diseases. Haying progress has been slow because of excess water. Many areas have been left uncut because water is lying in the fields.
Central
Canola yields good
Most small cereal grain crops are mature or near maturity with the wheat harvest ranging from 30 to 70 percent complete. Harvest is most advanced in the Red River Valley. Rain caused some downgrading of crops around Portage la Prairie. Barley and oat harvest is underway with variable yields. Canola crops are ripening fast with 25 to 40 percent of the canola acres harvested. Canola yields are average to above average with good grades reported. Warm season crops like corn, soybeans, field beans and sunflowers are doing well with recent near normal temperatures.
Eastern
High oat yields
Cool, wet weather caused delays in harvest, but warm weather is expected to allow farmers to continue har-vest. Wheat yields range from 15 to 60 bu. per acre with some reports of fusarium. Yields appear higher and quality is better in southern districts. Oat harvest is underway with some reports of 110 bu. per acre harvests and good test weights. Canola harvest is generally good with no green seed issues reported. Soybeans continue to fill. Sunflowers are moving from flowering to seed filling. Flax continues to ripen steadily with few acres harvested in the region.
Northwest
Disease a concern
Farmers are still looking for warmer weather. Cereal development ranges from 50 to 60 percent mature. Initial wheat yields range from 25 to 50 bu. per acre. About 20 percent of the canola acres are swathed. Ruts are visible in fields. Disease pressure continues to be a concern in some wheat and canola crops. Preharvest herbicide treatments are underway.
Saskatchewan
Southwest
Hay quality good
Harvest has begun. Field pea, lentil, winter wheat and fall rye harvest has begun with wide-ranging yields. Haying is wrapping up with the majority of the hay quality rated as good. Greenfeed yields are good with estimated yields of more than three tons per acre. Harvest is in high gear.
Southeast
Pulse harvest underway
Rain fell, hampering harvest. About one-quarter of the winter wheat and fall rye has been harvested. Lentil, pea and mustard harvest has begun and cereal crop harvest will begin shortly. Many farmers are electing to straight combine to reduce sprouting in the swath because of high moisture in the ground.
West-Central
Rain delays haying
Rain delayed harvest. Some winter wheat and fall rye have been combined. Some canola and mustard are ready to be swathed or straight combined. Haying efforts continue, but rain and high humidity hamper efforts to get the feed off the field. Pulses are showing signs of disease pressure, especially lentils, which is causing quality concerns.
East-Central
Hail hurts quality
Rain continued, delaying harvest and hampering haying. Flooding, disease and hail are expected to affect crop yields. Some diseases are showing up in pulse crops. Lodging is reported. Fall rye and winter wheat harvest is off to a slow start. Sunny and dry weather is needed.
Northwest
Crop quality dropping
All areas reported moisture. Harvest has begun. Crops are starting to turn and peas are being desiccated. Haying continues, but is slow because of rain. Quality has started to decline dramatically. Flooding, disease and hail are all a concern. Reports of disease in pulses will likely reduce quality.
Northeast
Rain damages crops
Rain hampered harvest progress. More than 40 percent of the cropland has topsoil moisture considered surplus, with some areas reporting 81 percent surplus moisture. Much crop has been damaged from flooding and disease. Other crops are lodged from excess moisture. Crop staging is variable across the region. Some crops are still blooming.
