Alberta
South
- Dry conditions with wind have aided crop development and harvest. Up to 25 milli-
metres of rain near Hilda along the Saskatchewan border.
- Light frost recorded at Milk River. No crop damage reported.
- Pulse crop harvest complete. Spring cereal harvest about half complete.
- Canola swathing nearly complete. Some early crops are being harvested with about 90 percent of average yields.
- Field peas have yielded about 25 bushels per acre, 70 percent of average.
- Winter wheat seeding 75 percent done.
- Second cut hay is complete in many cases. Recent warm weather has created secondary growth in pasture.
- Conditions are 50 percent poor in pasture and tame hay.
- Sawfly damage in durum and non-solid stem wheat. Grasshoppers moving from pasture and cereals to green material in canola.
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Central
- Frost recorded at Sundre and Rocky Mountain House. No crop damage reported.
- Average yields of harvested cereals in the 60 to 70 percent range.
- Pulse crop yields about 60 percent of average.
- Canola mostly swathed in the east and south. Later crops in the western and northern regions are still waiting on seed colour change.
- Barley silage complete.
- Recent heat is improving crop staging in the fields where later season moisture created multiple crops in the same fields.
Northwest
- Pea harvest complete, lentils near completion. Cereal harvest 20 percent complete.
- Fall cereals yielded about 60 percent of average, with winter wheat at 26 bu. per acre.
- Most spring crops’ yield expectations have improved and continued heat is improving prospects. Quality of grain is high but yields are low.
- Corn silage to start. Some silaging of late canola.
- Greenfeed baling mostly complete.
- Subsoil moisture poor.
- Pastures under pressure, with some cattle being pulled from grass and put onto harvested cereal fields. Hay in short supply.
Northeast
- Spring cereal harvest underway. Crop yields disappointing, poorer in the west.
- Canola swathing underway.
- Pea harvest completed with 30 bu. yields, 30 percent less than average.
- Second cuts of hay in the eastern area near completion. Pasture and hay conditions poorer in west than east.
Peace and B.C.
- Heat and warm nights improving maturity. Showers in the eastern and northern regions slowing harvest. Canola swathing more than half complete.
- Barley 75 percent combined.
Saskatchewan
Southwest
- Heavy showers near Fox Valley have stalled harvest. Up to 30 mm reported.
- Fall seeded crops harvested, with 75 percent of average yields.
- Peas yielding 80 percent of average.
- Lentils and chickpeas yielding between 60 and 90 percent of average.
- Canola harvest underway in drier areas, with average yields in the 30 to 45 bu. range.
Southeast
- Rain showers near Lumsden, Southey and Milestone slowing harvest progress.
- Canaryseed yields of 1,050 pounds.
- Canola swathing underway.
- Barley harvesting, with yields of 60 bu. per acre. in malt varieties.
- Powdery mildew and sclerotinia in peas and canola in the eastern region north of the Trans-Canada. Sawfly in susceptible cereals near Wilcox. Grasshoppers in canola.
- Winter wheat seeding nearing completion.
West-Central
- Rain early in the week from Rosetown to Davidson slowed harvest. Up to 20 mm. Saskatoon area received 30 mm.
- Fall cereals harvested with poor yields.
- Canola swathing half complete. Stalled for green seed content.
East-Central
- Peas nearing completion with average yields. Winter cereal harvest nearing completion. Lentil harvest complete.
- Canola variable, with some swathing.
Northwest
- Fall cereal harvest completed. Seeding of winter crops nearly complete.
- Peas harvest nearly complete, with slightly below average yields in good condition.
- Canola swathing underway, or waiting for green seeds to mature. Glyphosate applications to canola and cereals underway.
- Barley silage complete.
- Lentil harvest nearly complete with yields from 1,200 to 1,600 pounds.
Northeast
- Winter cereal harvest nearly complete.
- Canola remains green with some glyphosate applications ongoing.
- Barley combining started.
- Wind-related crop lodging in cereals.
Manitoba
Southwest
- Rain between 25 and 100 mm delayed harvesting.
- Cereals 35 to 60 percent complete, with average and better yields.
- Canola harvest 50 percent complete south of Trans-Canada Highway, with average yields.
Central and Red River Valley
- Spring cereal harvest half done, average to better yields.
- Canola combining has just started.
- Rain varied from 10 to 175 mm near the U.S. border. Hail in the south.
- Winter wheat seeding underway, but limited in acres due to wet conditions.
- Potato harvest started, with above average yields.
- Winter wheat yields in the 60 to 90 bu. per acre range.
- Oats up to 150 bu. per acre, barley up to 120, canola up to 50.
Interlake
- Heat improved crop maturity. Showers, up to 150 mm at Gypsumville, have delayed harvest progress.
- Canola swathing 70 percent complete. Green seed counts a concern.
- Poor drying conditions due to heavy dew and high humidity.
Northwest
- Up to 100 mm of rain at St. Rose. Eastern areas still too wet for combining. Wet canola swathes in that area are a concern.
- Pulse crops being harvested along with barley.
- Shortage of hay, some silaging of canola.
Crop conditions as of Sept. 14.
