Favorable weather allowed for good harvest progress.
Harvest of spring cereals is estimated at more than 90 percent complete. Canola is about 85 percent complete, flax 65 percent, edible beans 70 percent, soybeans 60 to 65 percent, sunflowers 45 percent and grain corn about five percent complete.
Winter wheat is emerging with excellent germination.
Fall field work is on going.
SOUTHWEST
Above normal temperatures with no rain and several mornings of frost occurred.
Good harvest progress was made. Cereal harvest is estimated at 80 to 85 percent complete. Minimal acres of oat have been harvested. Quality loss is noted in most spring wheat samples.
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Canola harvest is about 70 to 75 percent complete. There have been no significant issues with green seed. Average yields are reported.
Most soybeans have reached maturity. Thirty to 40 percent of soybeans are harvested.
Sunflower and grain corn are near to mature with no reports of harvesting yet.
Topsoil moisture conditions are rated fair to dry. Most of the second cut of alfalfa is being harvested. Silage operations in barley and corn are ongoing with average yields reported.
NORTHWEST
Cooler conditions and snow occurred in the beginning of the week, but warm weather returned and allowed some producers to complete harvest. Farmers who are challenged by wet field conditions need a few more weeks of good weather.
The wheat harvest is about 95 percent complete. Reported wheat yields are 40 to 70 bushels per acre of average quality grain.
Roughly 90 percent of the canola crop is swathed and 60 to 100 percent is combined. Yields range from 35 bu. per acre to 50 bu. per acre.
Harvest of soybean and flax acres is well underway. Field pea harvest is generally complete with an average yield of 40 bu. per acre.
Green feed harvest is continuing. All haying operations are nearly complete with little native hay harvested
CENTRAL
Good weather conditions have allowed producers to make reasonable harvest progress. It is reported to be 85 percent or more complete.
A few cereal fields still need to be harvested. Sprouting, mildew, fusarium and ergot have affected crops. Yields are above average.
Most canola is harvested. Yields are reported to be 40 to 45 bu. per acre and higher.
Soybean harvest continued, and yields are reported to be 25 to 55 bu. Some green beans are evident in harvest samples.
Edible bean harvest continued and is close to complete. Yield and quality are good. Some sunflowers are harvested. Early grain corn harvest has started with yield reports of 100 to 140 bu. Silage corn harvest continues and is close to complete.
Fall field work is progressing. Early soil test reports indicate low nitrate levels and declining phosphorus levels.
Pasture production is slow with some supplemental feeding taking place.
EASTERN
Rainfall of one to six millimetres caused harvest progress to be sporadic, However, progress increased toward the end of the week, and producers hoped to get significant harvest done in the next few days.
Spring wheat yields are reported in the 60 to 80 bu. per acre. Oat yields are more than 100 bu. per acre.
Canola made the slowest progress because of damp swaths. Yields are 30 to 50 bu. per acre.
The soybean harvest is nearly complete. Yields are reported to be 25 to 45 bu. per acre.
Corn has yet to be harvested, but it is progressing in physiological maturity. Sunflowers are in the R9 mature stage.
Winter wheat fields are in the two to three leaf stage. Pastures are still doing well. Winter feed stocks are rated as adequate with 20 percent surplus.
INTERLAKE
Warmer weather and drier temperatures occurred late in the week to Oct. 10. Scattered showers resulted in up to eight millimetres of rain.
Harvest continued and is estimated to be roughly 80 percent complete.
Spring wheat fields have not been harvested throughout the region. Canola fields are still being harvested with trace amounts remaining.
Soybean harvest is underway with good yields and moisture reported. Corn is not ready for harvest because of high moisture levels. Alfalfa seed harvest is ongoing.
Some fields in the north have to wait for the frost to settle into the soil to continue harvest.
Pasture conditions are fair. Some producers have to supplement feed their livestock.
