Manitoba
Southwest
Precipitation varied from 15 to 35 millimetres and continues to hamper swathing and harvest.
Pre-harvest applications have started and the cereal harvest is waiting for fields to dry. Most early seeded oats, barley and canola crops are being swathed.
Soybeans are about two to three weeks from maturity.
Corn and sunflowers continue to mature but need warmer temperatures.
Disease and insects are at low levels in most crop types.
Yield and quality in winter cereals are below average due to fusarium damage. Fusarium head blight levels in spring wheat vary depending on moisture in the area.
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Other crops have reports of rust, symptoms of blackleg and sclerotinia.
Northwest
Rainfall ranged from trace amounts to more than 38 mm in some areas.
Producers are swathing and combining their winter wheat. Yields and quality are average.
Most canola has podded and about one-third is swathed. Soybeans have podded, while the field pea harvest has begun. About 15 percent of the winter cereal crop is combined.
Some canola fields are showing signs of sclerotinia, blackleg and root rot. Lodging is an issue in heavy crop stands.
Pastures are fair to good, but rains have delayed haying. Yields are average for native hay.
Central
Most areas received 25 to 50 mm of precipitation in combination with seasonal to cooler temperatures. Excess moisture is affecting quality in some swathed crops and delaying harvest. Sprouting and lodging have occurred and field operations have become a challenge.
The majority of winter wheat is harvested with yields averaging 50 to 70 bushels per acre with below average quality.
Most fall rye is harvested with yields of 50 to 60 bu. per acre. Barely yields range from 70 to 100 bu. per acre.
Spring wheat yields range 45 from 80 bu. per acre with good quality. Protein ranges from 11 to 13.5 percent. Oat yields range from 90 to 140 bu. per acre with good test weights reported. About three quarters of canola is swathed. Of the fields harvested, yields are 40 to 45 bu. per acre.
Soybeans are podding and turning yellow with some leaf drop. Edible beans continue to mature. Most corn is in the soft dough stage. Flowering is complete in most sunflower fields.
Drier conditions are needed to resume the second harvest of hay and greenfeed.
Eastern
Rainfall ranged from 20 to 90 mm, which has saturated fields and hampered harvest progress in many areas.
Warmer and drier conditions are needed to resume combining and swathing work and assist soybean development.
Insect and disease pressure remain at lower levels.
Cattle are doing well on wet and greening pastures. Producers have started to graze hay fields. Winters feed supplies are adequate with a slight surplus in hay.
Interlake
Scattered showers resulted in 15 to 35 mm of precipitation, leaving many fields too wet for equipment to travel in without leaving ruts.
Minimal winter wheat acres are still standing with quality going down as it begins to sprout. Pre-harvest applications have yet to start for spring cereals, although some have been harvested with good yields and quality.
Field peas are also waiting on warm weather with some crops sprouting. Canola continues to ripen and many fields will be straight cut. Soybeans are slowly maturing.
Saskatchewan
SOUTH
Cool, wet weather continues to delay harvest operations, which are well below the five-year average.
Less than 20 percent is combined and less than one-third of swathing is complete or ready for straight-cutting.
The Bengough area received the most precipitation with 63 millimetres. The Moosomin area leads the province in rainfall with 783 mm since April 1.
On average, about half the fall rye has been combined, followed by 50 percent of field peas, 35 percent of winter wheat, 30 percent lentils.
As well, less than 15 percent of barley, mustard, durum, chickpeas, canola and spring wheat is combined.
Well over half the canola and one-third of the mustard is swathed.
Many crops have lodged and significant downgrading of pulses and cereals due to sprouting or bleaching is expected.
High levels of botrytis and ascochyta can be found in some lentils and high levels of fusarium head blight in cereals. Topsoil moisture conditions on cropland have an average rating of about 65 percent adequate. Hayland and pastures is rated about 80 percent adequate. Pastures across the region are rated 68 percent good and 25 percent excellent. It’s estimated that less than 10 percent of forage crops did not get cut or baled.
CENTRAL
Wet field conditions prevail. An average of five percent of crops are combined and 30 percent swathed or ready to be straight cut.
Precipitation varied from trace amounts to about 17 mm in the Rosthern and Sonningdale areas.
About half of the fall rye is combined, followed by a third of the field peas, a quarter of winter wheat, and less than 10 percent of lentils. About half the canola crop is swathed.
Most crops remain behind normal development.
Sprouting and bleaching with pulses and cereals is raising concern and issues of quality. There are reports of high levels of sclerotinia in canola, as well as fusarium head blight in cereals.
Topsoil moisture conditions on cropland, hayland and pastures are rated an average of 80 percent adequate.
Pasture conditions have an average rating of 70 percent good with adequate supplies of water for livestock.
About five percent of forage crops did not get cut or baled as a result of excess moisture and lack of dry-down.
NORTH
Harvest operations have been delayed by cool, wet conditions.
The Arborfield area received the greatest amount of rainfall with 33 mm.
Less than five percent of the crop is combined with about one-third swathed or ready for straight-cutting.
An average of 50 percent of winter wheat is combined, followed by 25 percent of field peas, 10 percent of fall rye, five percent of barley and less than five percent of canola and spring wheat. Slightly more than half the canola is swathed.
Many crops are coming off tough. Also, many have compromised quality due to fusarium head blight and smuts in cereals, as well as potentially high levels of vomitoxin in the seed and higher than expected levels of sclerotinia in canola.
Topsoil moisture conditions on cropland, hayland and pastures are rated about 80 percent adequate.
Pasture conditions are rated about 55 percent good with adequate water for livestock.
On average, about 10 percent of forage crops did not get cut or baled.
ALBERTA
Southern
An unstable weather pattern brought cool, wet weather, which is delaying harvest operations.
Twenty percent of crops are swathed and slightly less have been combined. Almost half the canola is swathed followed by about 20 percent of barley and spring wheat.
Harvest of specialty crops like dry beans and late maturing potatoes is just starting.
Well over half of the surface and subsurface soil moisture is rated good to excellent.
Hay and pastures have slightly improved with almost half rated good to excellent.
Central
Depending on the area, it was a mix of conditions between cool, wet weather and warm, drier weather.
About a quarter of crops are swathed and over 10 percent combined.
Half the canola is swathed followed by about 15 percent for barley and spring wheat.
Sub and surface soil moisture are about 70 percent good to excellent.
Hay and pasture ratings have marginally improved and are rated about 60 percent good to excellent.
Northeast
Harvest was slowed to a crawl as a result of precipitation.
About one third of the crop is swathed and less than 10 percent combined.
About 65 percent of canola is swathed, followed by about 10 percent for barley and spring wheat.
Sub soil moisture sits at around 80 percent good to excellent and surface soil is 70 percent good to excellent.
Hay and pasture ratings continue to drop and 60 percent are now rated good to excellent.
Northwest
Producers are swathing canola after cool, wet conditions slowed down their combining operations.
About one quarter of the crops are swathed and only five percent combined. Over half the canola is swathed, followed by less than five percent of barley and spring wheat.
Surface and sub soil moisture is a little over 40 percent rated good to excellent. One third of hay and pastures ratings are good to excellent, a drop of more than 20 percent from the week before.
Peace
Harvest has crept along, slowed by precipitation. The moisture, however, is reportedly too late to be of any benefit.
About one third of all crops have been swathed and combined.
About half the canola is swathed, followed by barley and spring wheat at slightly more than 10 percent.
Sub surface moisture is 37 percent rated good to excellent; surface is 27 percent rated good to excellent.
There was a slight decline for hay and pastures with 43 percent rated good to excellent.
