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Agri-Coaches Corner/Crop Report

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Published: September 6, 2007

MANITOBA

East

  • Cereals 95 percent harvested, canola 80 percent.
  • Flax fields are being desiccated and swathed. Corn, sunflowers and soybeans are filling.
  • Cereal yields are average but canola is less than expected due to drowned areas and small seed.

Central

  • Harvest is 75-80 percent complete.
  • Yields are variable with wheat 35-70 bushels per acre, barley 45-105, oats 75-110 and canola 15-45. Canola will likely average 30-35 bu. an acre.
  • Aster yellows are heavy in some canola.

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  • Weeds heavy in fields that were wet in spring.
  • Pastures are dry. Haying completed.

Interlake

  • Cereal harvest is 80-90 percent complete and canola 55-65 percent. Flax is being swathed.
  • Oat yields are above average, wheat 40-60 bu. an acre, barley 40-80 and canola 25-40.
  • Pastures need rain.

West

  • Harvest has advanced rapidly, with average to below average yields.
  • Aster yellows is widespread. Root rot and septoria reduced yields on early wheat fields.
  • Second-cut hay is nearing completion.

SASKATCHEWAN

South

  • Harvest is about 70 percent complete with pulses, cereal and oilseed crops nearing completion.
  • Yields are variable and range from average to below average. Grain quality is good but small–sized seed and shrivelled kernels are common.
  • Wheat stem sawfly damage is quite significant.
  • Kochia and pigweed abound in some fields.
  • Second cut haying underway.

Central

  • Winter wheat, fall rye, lentils and pea harvests are most advanced at 75 percent complete.
  • Little progress on spring wheat and canola.
  • In west-central areas, harvest 30-50 percent done.
  • Frost damage reported in many areas, with signs of heat damage in canola and mustard, as well as sprouting, weathering, bleaching and staining in cereals.
  • Yields range from average to below average.

North

  • Harvest progress slow with little advancement except in fall rye and peas.
  • Swathing nearly completed.
  • Rain caused bleaching and sprouting of peas and some weathering and staining in wheat.
  • Reports of damage from sawfly and midge in wheat; aster yellows and sclerotinia in canola.
  • Pastures are fair to good.

ALBERTA

South

  • Harvest nearing completion on dryland in the south and at 75-85 percent in the west and northwest.
  • Yields are poor to average with good quality.
  • Pastures are poor due to dry conditions.

Central

  • Swathing of all crops is underway, with peas nearing completion and canola about 60 percent.
  • Higher than normal weed populations.
  • Crops average to above average.
  • Pastures are in good condition.

North

  • Harvest is slowly advancing due to showers, with peas at 75 percent. Yields are 30-60 bu. an acre.
  • Canola is 50 percent swathed. Pre-harvest desiccation has begun.
  • Barley is about 25 percent swathed.
  • Pastures are good and third cut hay is now completed.

Peace River

  • Wet weather continues to delay harvest.
  • Pea crops are most advanced at 35 percent combined. About 75 percent of canola is swathed.
  • Cereals are now being swathed. Yields range from average to above average for cereals and average to below average for canola.

Conditions as of Aug. 31

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