Agri-Coaches Corner/Crop Report

MANITOBA

Eastern

Corn, sunflowers, soybeans and some flax remain in fields in below average condition.
Wheat yields ranged from 15-25 bushels per acre, with average bushel weight and protein and high dockage.

Interlake

Harvest is nearing completion.
Yields of cereals and flax remain disappointing.
Desiccated flax is running eight to 10 bu.

Central

Harvest has advanced rapidly, with fields not in flax and sunflowers nearly finished.
Cereals are more than 85 percent combined, canola and barley more than 90 percent and flax about 50 percent.

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Yields and quality are variable.
Yields include wheat at five to 10 bu. in the east and 30-40 bu. farther west with some grade problems due to fusarium.

Southwest

North of the Trans-Canada Highway, wheat, barley and canola are 85-90 percent swathed and 55 percent, 60 percent and 35 percent combined respectively.
Yields are variable with wheat at 25-50 bu., barley 35-70 bu. and canola 25-40 bu.
South of the Trans-Canada, only flax, corn and sunflowers remain.
Yields of wheat are at 25-40 bu., and canola ranged from five to 50 bu., with an average of 25-30 bu.
Dry soils have delayed winter wheat seeding.

Northwest

Harvest has progressed, with wheat and barley 80 percent combined and canola 50 percent.
Yields for wheat ranged from 35-55 bu., barley 30-80 bu., oats 65-85 bu., peas 25-55 bu., lentils 1,000 pounds and canola three to 40 bu.

SASKATCHEWAN

Northeast

There is lodging and deteriorating quality due to sprouting and bleaching.
Only about 10 percent has been harvested.
The most advanced crops are peas at 48 percent, lentils at 23 percent and barley at 15 percent.

Northwest

Lodging, sprouting, powdery mildew and mould reported.
Pastures are excellent.

East-central

Heavy rains combined with hail along the Yellowhead Highway and north resulted in considerable yield and quality loss.
Nearly all of the cereals and canola have been swathed.

In the Yorkton area, harvesting ranges from zero to 40 percent for wheat, 45-100 percent for barley, 50 percent for peas and zero to 30 percent for canola.
Yields are variable depending on earlier waterlogging.
Wheat ranges from 35-80 bu., barley 60-90 bu., canola 22-55 bu. and peas 30-40 bu.
Pastures are in excellent shape.

West-central

Wet conditions have resulted in lodging, bleaching, sprouting and lighter bushel weights.
Some progress was made in combining, with wheat at 12 percent, barley at 25, canola at 15, lentils at 60 and peas at 75 percent.

Southeast

Wet conditions have caused shattering, lodging, staining, sprouting and bleaching.
Combining of wheat is at 45 percent; lentils 80 percent; peas 95 percent; barley 70 percent and canola 60 percent.
North of Regina, approximately 75 percent of fields are harvested.
Yields are average to slightly above average, with wheat at 40-50 bu., barley 60-70 bu., canola 25-30 bu., peas 20-45 bu. and lentils 1,800-2,000 lb. an acre.
Sawfly damage is severe and widespread.

ALBERTA

Peace

Some heavy frosts were reported through the region.
Wheat is grading No. 2 and 3 due to frost damage.
Swathing of most crops complete.
Combining has been delayed although half of the harvesting has been done in the far north.
Yields to date are good, with canola in the 30-50 bu. range, barley 80-100 bu. and wheat 50 to 80 bu.

Northwest-Northeast

Crop yield potential is still very good to excellent, but little is binned.
Lodging, sprouting, staining and mould are a concern for cereals.

Central

Grain quality is a concern with lodging, sprouting, staining and moulds.
Combining is most advanced for cereals in the east, with about 40 percent done.
Pasture conditions are very good but growth has slowed.

Southern

Yields are above average east of Calgary, with wheat running 60-90 bu. and barley 80-120 bu.
Peas are finished with an average yield of 50 bu.
Canola swathing is complete and yielding as high as 45 bu.
There is concern about sprouting in cereal swaths.
Wheat that was combined in southern areas was grading No. 2 or 3, with low protein.
Cereals and dry beans still in the field are deteriorating in quality.
There is much swathed alfalfa still in the field.