MANITOBA
East
- Harvest of fall cereals and early barley underway. Swathing of early canola and spring cereals started.
- Rapid crop development due to high temperatures and lack of rain.
- Pastures drying up, second cut hay coming off.
Central
- Spring cereals ripening, cereals filling, barley lodging, peas and canola ripening.
- Winter cereals show less fusarium than feared. Heat and dry conditions lower yield expectations.
- Leaf and root diseases pressuring crop yields. Bertha armyworm reaching threshold levels.
- Pastures are excellent, haying ongoing.
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Interlake
- Winter cereal harvest underway. Some spring crop swathing started.
- Timothy harvest started.
- Pastures are good, but need rain. Second cut hay suffering dry conditions.
West
- Winter cereals harvest underway. Spring seeded crops maturing rapidly in heat. High moisture levels limit plant heat stress.
- Timothy harvest started.
- Pastures and second cut alfalfa could benefit from rain.
SASKATCHEWAN
South
- Spring cereals and canola ripening rapidly. Peas and lentils ripening with swathing and desiccation spraying underway. Winter cereals harvest started.
- High temperatures and drought reduced yields in early harvested crops.
- Diamondback moth expanding and bertha threshold levels reached in many areas. Wheat stem sawfly observed.
- Pastures under drought pressure.
Central
- High temperatures advancing most crops rapidly and reducing yield potential.
- Diamondback, bertha and aphids at threshold levels in some areas.
- Pastures are good and second cut alfalfa haying underway.
West
- Heat wave has reduced crop yield potential. Crops are advancing rapidly with the high temperatures. Barley, pea, lentil and winter cereal harvest underway.
- Severe hail reported in some areas.
- Diamondback, bertha and grasshoppers sprayed.
- Pastures good and second cut haying underway.
North
- Heat wave and moisture stress rapidly advanced crops and reduced yield potential.
- Pea and winter cereal harvest underway.
- Bertha armyworm variable.
- Pastures in good condition, second haying is underway.
ALBERTA
South
- Hot, dry conditions hurting yield potential. Winter cereal harvest complete. Barley harvest underway.
- Insect damage less than expected. Wheat stem sawfly seen.
- Pasture burning up in heat. Irrigated crops and hay in good condition.
Central
- High temperatures rapidly advancing crops. Scattered rain helped some crops and pastures. Barley ripening and field pea harvest started.
- Pastures are very good to excellent. Second cut haying underway, but showing effects of heat stress.
North
- Hot and dry conditions stress some crops.
- Bertha armyworm populations variable.
- Pastures are very good and second cut haying started.
Peace River
- Crop condition good where rains fell. Heat is causing rapid advancement of crops.
- Bertha armyworm and lygus bug variable.
- Pastures in good condition and first cut hay complete, fescue being swathed and silaging underway.
Conditions as of Aug. 3.
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