SOUTH
Light, isolated showers combined with warm temperatures has helped complete seeding. Well over half of all crops have emerged and in good shape.
Spring cereals are at the two- to four-leaf stage and about one-third of canola is in the one- to three-leaf stage.
About 80 percent of the surface soil moisture on cropland, hay land and pastures has declined from last week but most areas are rated good or excellent. Sub-surface moisture also declined but remains good to excellent.
Insect infestations have not become a major issue to date. Crop spraying is underway.
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Seeding is essentially complete with about four percent of acres that may go unseeded due to excessive moisture.
Between 25-50 millimetres of rain fell, particularly in the region’s western portion.
Just over half the crops have emerged. Spring cereals are in the two- to three-leaf stage and about one-third of canola is in the one to three leaf stage.
While declining from last week, over three-quarters of topsoil moisture conditions on cropland, hay land and pastures are rated good to excellent. Sub-surface moisture also declined but most remains good to excellent.
NORTHEAST
Seeding is almost complete but some parts of the region received up to 50 mm of rain. About 10 percent of farm acres have excessive moisture conditions and an estimated two percent will go unseeded.
Well over half the crops have emerged. All spring cereals are at the two leaf stage and one-third of the canola crop is at the one- to three-leaf stage.
Well over 80 percent of the sub-surface and surface soil moisture for cropland, hay land and pastures are rated good to excellent.
NORTHWEST
Seeding was slowed by precipitation that ranged from 25-50 mm but improved growth on hay land and pastures. About two percent of acres will go unseeded due to excessive moisture.
Most spring cereals have emerged to the two leaf stage and more than a third of canola is in the one to three leaf stage.
About ninety percent of the sub-surface and topsoil moisture for cropland, hay land and pastures are rated good or excellent.
PEACE
Seeding progress was excellent and almost completed. Isolated light showers fell and only an estimated one percent of acres will go unseeded due to excess moisture.
Emerging spring cereals are in the two leaf stage while about one quarter of canola is at the one to three leaf stage.
About 80 percent of the sub-surface and surface soil moisture conditions for cropland, hay land and pastures are rated good to excellent.
