MANITOBA
- Crops look good but are late. Harvest will be delayed and concern is mounting about damage from early frost.
- Canola is in full bloom around Brandon.
- Canaryseed and wheat have finished flowering with some disease seen on flag leaves.
- Canola stages range from bolting to blooming, with the crop two to three weeks behind.
- Lodging in cereals means good yields are likely.
- Some chlorosis has been reported in beans.
SASKATCHEWAN
- Fungicide spraying is under way in the northeast, where wheat is fully headed.
- Heavy hail and winds caused some lodging.
- Pastures are in excellent shape.
- Cereals are fully headed in the southwest, with peas maturing and canola fully podded.
- Dry areas reported, with wetter regions closer to the U.S. border.
- Baling is complete.
- Spraying of chickpeas and lentils is under way.
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ALBERTA
- Canola was blasted by the heat around Peace River, where yields are expected to be below average.
- Peas are under water in some locations.
- Grande Prairie area needs heat but pastures are perking up.
- Edmonton and area saw more than 12 millimetres of rain in two days.
- Canola is blooming and pods are filling, with wheat and barley heading out.
- First cut hay yields are low.
- Crops in full bloom around Red Deer.
- Heat is blasting canola at Castor. Yields are expected to be below average throughout much of eastern Alberta.
- Crops strong around Strathmore.
- Haying is completed in some areas with strong yields reported. Quality deteriorated slightly due to moisture.
- Silage harvesting is under way in the southwest, with winter cereals two weeks away from harvest.
- Potatoes are blooming around Lethbridge and Taber and corn is standing thigh to chest high.
- Canola in the south is fully podded and fields look strong.
- Second cut of hay is looking good.
- Increased numbers of lygus bugs reported in canola in southern Alberta.
Conditions as of July 26
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