SOUTHWEST
Above normal temperatures during the week allowed most cereal crops to reach dry levels. The cereal harvest is 50 to 60 percent complete.
Quality to date is generally good. There are some reports of mildew and sprouting issues. Yields continue to be at or above long-term averages.
Some canola yields report 15 to 20 bushels per acre.
Overall, cereal and canola harvest is estimated to be 45 to 50 percent complete.
Earlier frost resulted in leaf burn and leaf drop in soybeans. Most is at full maturity with 90 to 95 percent brown pod development. Corn is showing the effects of frost as leaves are drying. Sunflowers are maturing.
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Most of the second cut of alfalfa is harvested.
NORTHWEST
Favourable weather let producers make good harvest progress. A few showers resulted in wet field conditions in localized areas.
Approximately 95 percent of the wheat crop is mature. Wheat harvest is averaging 65 percent complete. Good wheat yields and average quality are reported.
Roughly 80 percent of the canola crop is swathed and 30 to 35 percent is combined. Canola yields are 20 to 30 bu. per acre. Quality is good.
Soybean and flax areas are still waiting a couple more weeks for harvest to begin. Field pea crops are completely harvested with average yields and good quality reported.
Hay harvest is on hold. Green feed was harvested and most cattle are still on pastures.
CENTRAL
Excellent harvest progress was made, thanks to warmer temperatures. Most of the region saw five to 10 millimeters of rain. Harvest is 70 to 80 percent complete.
Most cereals are harvested and are dry. Cereal grain quality has declined. Yields are above average.
Canola is swathed or left standing for straight-cutting. Yields are 40 to 45 bu. per acre. Most of the canola is harvested with good yield and quality reported.
Average soybean yields are in the mid to high 30 bu. per acre.
Edible bean harvest continues. Desiccation of sunflowers has started. Potato yields and quality are good.
Grain corn yields are expected to be average to below average.
Second and third cut hay is still being harvested. Quality has been affected by the rainy weather.
EASTERN
The unseasonably warm weather allowed producers to make good harvest progress. Eight to 15 mm of rain halted progress.
Most spring cereals are finished. Spring wheat yields are 60 to 80 bu. per acre and canola is 30 to 50 bu. per acre.
Early soybean yields are reported in the 25 to 35 bu. per acre range.
Corn is progressing with black layer forming. Sunflowers are in the R7 stage with the back of the head starting to yellow.
Earlier seeded winter wheat ranges from emergence to the first leaf stage.
Seventy-five percent of producers are done baling second cut grass hay. Cattle are grazing on hay fields. Availability of water is rated at 100 percent adequate.
INTERLAKE
Warmer weather led to heavy morning dew, fog and overcast skies that slowed down drying time. Three to 13 mm of rain also slowed harvest.
Harvest progress is 45 to 50 percent complete. Spring cereals and oilseeds continue to be harvested. Downgrading in wheat continues as crops remain in the fields.
Soybean harvest has begun. Sunflower harvest has also started, but most fields continue to dry down. Alfalfa seed acres continue to be desiccated with some fields being harvested.
Canola harvest continues with moisture levels averaging 10 to 12 percent. Limited acres of winter wheat were seeded.
Pastures are still holding out. Some second cut alfalfa is being harvested. Ample water is available for livestock.
