Southwest
Cool, wet weather over the weekend slowed harvest progress or brought it to a halt. Most areas of the province received 10 to 25 mm of rain in the first week of October.
Cereal and oilseed crops remain damp. Producers are reporting cereals with 18 to 20 percent moisture and canola with 12 to 15 percent moisture.
The canola harvest is only 35 percent complete. Growers are reporting average to above average canola yields.
The soybean harvest is just underway. Early reports indicate solid yields.
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Central
Harvest is 70 to 85 percent complete. Cereal crops are nearly complete. Cereal quality is below average. Mildew, sprouting, fusarium and ergot have downgraded crop. Canola harvest is progressing, with growers reporting yields of 40 to 45 bushels per acre.
Canola fields that received heavy rain are yielding 15 to 20 bu. per acre.
The grain corn harvest remains 10 to 14 days away.
Northwest
Rains in early October have saturated already wet fields. Some fields in the region are too soft to support trucks and combines. Wheat harvest is 70 percent complete. Yields are 40 to 70 bu. per acre.
Most of the canola crop is swathed. Forty percent is combined. Yields range from 20 to 40 bu. per acre.
Field pea harvest is complete. Average yield is 40 bu. per acre with good quality.
The soybean harvest is in the early stages.
Eastern
Cereal yields are respectable, with growers reporting spring wheat yields of 60 to 80 bu. per acre and oats are averaging 100 bu. per acre. Canola yields range from 30 to 50 bu. per acre.
Early soybean yields are 25 to 35 bu. per acre.
Pastures are doing well. Producers are reporting adequate winterfeed stocks and a 20 percent surplus of hay stocks.
Interlake
Twenty-five mm of rain and frequent frosts have delayed harvest. Combining is estimated at 60 percent complete. Many crops are left to harvest, including spring wheat, oats, canola and soybeans.
Corn silage is underway.
