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Agri-Coaches Corner/Crop Report

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Published: July 8, 2004

MANITOBA

  • Canola acres are down across the province, with yields also expected to be poor due to wet weather.
  • Many acres remain unseeded in eastern Manitoba and as much as 15 percent of crops have been reseeded.
  • Greenfeed is replacing corn acres and soybean acres are down.
  • Flea beetles, tan spot and septoria are among problems reported.
  • First cut of hay is yielding well, but moisture has affected feed quality.
  • Cereal grains are 25 percent tillered and canola is starting to bloom.

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  • Frost affected crops in the Interlake, with dry beans hardest hit.
  • Showers continued in the southwest, where flea beetles are a problem.
  • Spraying is largely done in the northwest, where spring wheat is tillered and canola is at the six-leaf to bolt stage.

SASKATCHEWAN

  • Cool weather, showers and frost are reported in the northeast.
  • Crops are delayed but soil moisture is good.
  • Spraying of grasshoppers has begun and pastures have improved.
  • Crops are advancing south of Regina, with frost hard on lentils and canola.
  • Cereals are at the six-leaf stage and canola is bolting.
  • Grasshopper damage is reported at the edge of pastures. Alfalfa looks good.
  • Weyburn and Estevan regions remain wet, with 12 percent of acres not seeded.
  • Frost, hail and showers reported in the south-central and southwestern areas.
  • Crops are yellowing due to rain and nutrient loss.
  • Six percent of the hay crop is cut.
  • Frost was reported in west-central and central zones, where cereals are about 75 percent behind.
  • Rain replenished water supplies for livestock in the northwest, where 70 percent of the crops have been sprayed.

ALBERTA

  • Dawson Creek, Grande Prairie and Fort St. John remain the driest parts of Alberta.
  • Canola is flowering but thin due to lack of moisture. Early peas are flowering and short.
  • Pasture growth has slowed.
  • Crops are advancing near Edmonton, where 80 percent of spraying is complete.
  • Cereals are at the boot to flag leaf stage, with canola at the rosette to early bloom stage.
  • Net blotch was seen in fields where barley was planted on last year’s barley fields.
  • At Red Deer, the first-cut silage is good and rains are expected to help bring along a good second cut.
  • Silage corn is behind and potatoes are at the hook to tuber initiation stage.
  • Grasshoppers are bad near Eckville, Stony Plain and Oyen.
  • Gopher numbers are high in canola fields near pastures.
  • Crops are heading out and looking good around Strathmore, with most crop spraying completed.
  • First-cut hay is looking good in southern Alberta.

Conditions as of July 5

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