ALBERTA
- Combining of winter wheat and barley is under way around Lethbridge.
- Hailstorms hit Pincher Creek-Lethbridge, causing a range of damage.
- Head breaks are reported in mature barley from high winds.
- Pastures are drying out.
- Hailstorms hit Strathmore, where peas are being desiccated and combining has started.
- Vulcan-Strathmore will swath canola within the week.
- Grasshoppers and wheatstem sawfly are reported.
- Canola has finished flowering around Lacombe-Red Deer, where large cereal silage yields are reported.
- Ascochyta is reported in peas and sclerotinia in barley at Coronation. Swathing has started.
- Good yields of feed crops are reported.
- Lodging took down crops around Stony Plain, where pastures are in good shape.
- Rain came to the dry north Peace region, where cereal crops are expected to be average. Barley is heading out, canola is finished blossoming and peas are turning.
- Pastures in the north are in poor shape.
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SASKATCHEWAN
- Good moisture is reported in Eastend-Frontier.
- Early-seeded spring crops are doing well.
- Disease is on the increase in pulses due to rain.
- Pastures are in excellent shape.
- Ascochyta is reported in chickpeas.
- Cereals are filling and starting to turn at Regina.
- Pastures are in good shape and the first cut of hay is completed.
- Peas look excellent; canaryseed and flax are flowering and filling in Regina region.
- Grasshopper numbers are increasing.
- More heat is needed for crops.
- Excellent conditions are reported at Wadena-Elfros, where wheat is expected to yield 65 bushels an acre.
- Canaryseed has some disease and aphids are reported in barley. Canola is seven to 10 days behind.
- Pastures, hay lands are excellent.
MANITOBA
- Sclerotinia evident in early seeded fields.
- Winter wheat has been desiccated at Brandon-Neepawa, with crops looking excellent.
- Canola looks good but is turning white on sandy soils.
- Fusarium is reported in wetter areas.
- Spotty showers and hail reported.
- Cool nights and morning dew have helped maintain good pastures.
- Rain is needed to finish the crops.
- Winter wheat will be harvested this week, followed by barley.
- Flea beetles were seen in outside edges of canola fields. High numbers are predicted for next year.
Conditions as of August 9.
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