Agri-Coaches Corner/Crop Report

Due to technical problems, this week’s crop report lacks information for some regions.

MANITOBA

Central and West

Cereals are 85 percent harvested at Neepawa, with average to above average yields.
Some ergot is reported.
Good quality grain is coming off. Canola is 50 to 65 percent harvested, with yields poorer than most years.
Flax is desiccated. Potatoes are bulking well.
Sunflower and corn silage is looking good.
Soybeans are turning.
Varying amounts of rain up to 40 millimetres cited.

A series of canola industry support measures announced by the federal government are being met with mixed reviews.

Near Hamiota, cereals are about 70 percent harvested and canola is about 20 percent done.
Flax harvest is underway in good conditions.
Solid average to above average crops are expected.
About half the winter wheat crop is sowed.

South

Near Morris, cereals are harvested, with good yields and quality.
Fifty percent of canola and flax is harvested. Some fields yielded 30 bushels per acre.
Sunflowers, soybeans and corn are progressing.
Wheat yields vary near Sanford, with most cereals combined and about 90 percent of canola combined.
Winnipeg area reports indicate average canola yields.

SASKATCHEWAN

East-central

Harvest is underway at Langenburg, with wheat 40 percent complete and some barley, oats and canola done.

Wheat is yielding 40 bu. per acre, barley 80 and peas 40.
Later crops are not yielding as well due to a lack of moisture.
Up to 50 mm of rain reported.
At Springside, swathing is well underway and combining has started.
Canola is 80 percent swathed and 10 percent combined. Yields are average at 40 bu. per acre.
Wheat is 95 percent swathed and 50 percent combined, with yields average to above average at 60 bu. per acre.
Barley is 90 percent swathed and 50 percent combined, with variable yields and good quality.
Some hail damage was reported.
Most peas are in the bin, with average yields and good quality.
Wheat midge damage noted.

At Elfros, swathing of canola is general, with some combining. Yields are up to 50 bu. per acre.
Good quality and yields are reported in barley, at 100 bu. per acre.
Very little wheat is off. Grade reduction is expected due to wheat midge damage.
Hail damage reported.
Wheat midge is less severe around Saskatoon than in other districts.
Pastures will benefit from recent rain.
Flea beetles and wheat midge have been observed.

About half the combining is done near Eatonia, with red lentils yielding around 20 bu. per acre and durum yielding up to 50 bu.
Pulse crop yields are average around Kindersley at 30 bu. per acre. Field peas yields are 40 bu.
Quality is good on durum.
Hail has damaged crops.

ALBERTA

Southwest

Harvest is progressing well near Coaldale, with most cereals and oilseeds finished.
Beans are being cut, with yields of 2,500 to 2,800 pounds.
Beans experienced much disease pressure this year.
Potato harvest is underway. Sugar beets will come off earlier than normal, in mid-September.
Sweet corn harvest is progressing, with a better than average harvest.
About 50 percent of cereals are off, with average to above average yields and better quality than other years.
Canola is swathed but little has been harvested.
Some early dry beans are cut.
Silage corn looks great due to high temperatures.
Third cut of alfalfa is coming off looking good.

Some malting barley has been combined.
Canola is swathed but little is harvested. Yields are up to 45 bu.
At Westlock, harvest is starting.
Volumes and grades are better than last year.
Canola is disappointing due to heat and drought.
Peas are mostly combined. Yields were reduced by heat but still yielded up to 60 bu. per acre.
Rain fell, but pastures are still showing stress.
Small grasshoppers were seen in fields west of Edmonton.

At Strathmore, canola swathing is half done and barley is yielding up to 100 bu. per acre.
Pea harvests went well, although pea leaf weevil reduced yields from last year’s totals.