MANITOBA
Cereal harvest is close to completion in most areas.
East
- Flax and canola harvest is advancing with few fields left to combine.
- Soybean, corn and sunflower crops continue to advance with corn silage being cut and grain corn harvest about two weeks away.
- Canola yields range from 20 to 50 bushels per acre. Flax yields are average to below average.
- Soil conditions are dry and pastures are recovering.
Interlake and central
- Canola and flax swathing is nearly complete and combining is well underway in the northern Interlake and near completion in the south.
- Corn silage is fully underway. Sunflower crops are being desiccated.
- Winter wheat is being seeded.
- Pastures are poor with little regrowth.
- In the central area, only canola and flax are left to combine.
- Yields in the higher rainfall areas are a bit better than in the lower rainfall areas.
- Canola yields range from 15 to 50 bu. per acre, with low green seed counts.
- Some wind damage to swaths is reported.
- Flax yields are 10 to 30 bu. per acre. Oat yields have been as high as 100 bu. per acre.
- Sunflowers are being desiccated.
- There are reports of sclerotinia and head rot in sunflowers.
- Winter wheat is being seeded.
- Pastures are very dry with little regrowth.
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West
- Canola harvest ranges from nearing completion in the south to about half done in the north.
- Canola yields range from below average to slightly above average.
- Winter wheat is being seeded.
- Pastures are dry with little regrowth.
- In the north, wheat yields range from 20 to 70 bu. per acre, barley 30 to 75 bu. and oats 15 to 90 bu.
- Quality and grades of cereals have been good with light weights in dry areas.
- Canola harvest is rapidly advancing with below average to average yields and low green seed.
- High numbers of flea beetles are reported.
- Pastures are in very poor shape.
SASKATCHEWAN
Harvest is well underway in all regions.
East
- In the south, pea and lentil harvest is nearing completion. Yields continue to be highly variable but will be average to slightly above average for both yield and quality.
- Canola yields are higher than expected at 35 to 45 bu. per acre.
- Pastures continue to decline and cattle are being fed in drier areas.
- In the north, winter wheat and fall rye harvests are nearing completion.
- Cereal yields and quality are average to above average, but downgrading in wheat is expected from midge damage.
- Pastures are good to excellent.
Central
- In the east, pea and lentil harvesting is 80 percent done.
- Recent rains have delayed harvest.
- Some areas reported hail damage in swathed canola.
- Yields are average to slightly above average.
- Quality for most crops is good but wheat is being downgraded to No. 3 due to midge damage.
- Pastures are dry.
- In the west, several hailstorms were reported, with severe damage.
- Yields are reported as average.
- Sawfly damage and wind have lodged fields.
- Pastures are good.
West
- In the south, only some late wheat, durum, flax, chickpeas and canola remain to be harvested.
- Higher green seed levels have delayed harvest in canola.
- Pastures are in fair condition but are drying up.
- In the north, peas are nearly two-thirds done. Yields are above average for wheat, durum, flax, canola and peas.
- Wind damage reported in swaths.
- Pastures are good.
ALBERTA
South
- Only chickpeas remain in fields, with most peas, wheat, barley and canola harvested.
- Yields for late seeded crops are below expectations due to the very dry conditions.
- Dry bean and sweet corn harvest has begun.
Central
- Most crops have been swathed or are ready for straight combining.
- Combining is well advanced in the east and has just begun in the western areas.
- Cereal yields are below average for many areas due to hail damage and high temperatures.
- Barley weight is light averaging 48 pounds per bu.
- Pastures are good.
North
- In the east, harvest is about 30 to 50 percent complete.
- Wheat yields range from 35 to 65 bu. per acre, peas 25 to 60 bu. per acre and canola 30 to 50 bu. per acre.
Peace River
- Harvest progress is variable across the Peace.
- Canola harvest in the southwest Peace is nearly complete but has just begun elsewhere.
- Yields vary from poor to slightly below average.
Conditions as of Sept. 1.
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