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Western Producer Crop Report

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Published: July 17, 2008

MANITOBA

Interlake, East

  • Fungicide spraying nearly complete amid thunderstorms and showers. Most cereals headed, some late or reseeded canola lagging. Soil full, with standing water in some fields after 25-70 millimetres of accumulated rain in north and east.
  • Winter wheat excellent. Corn slow at 60-100 centimetres in height, needs heat. Sunflowers showing buds. Canola ranges from bolting to full bloom. Soybeans in four to five trifoliate stage.
  • Alfalfa yields at 1.75-two tonnes per acre, some alfalfa weevil reported. Haying stopped because of rain. Pastures good across region. Mosquitoes and horseflies a problem.

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  • Excessive rain near Broad Valley and

Gypsumville, with significant crop damage

in worst-hit areas.

South, Red River Valley

  • Some hail, lodging caused by wind reported near Carberry. Conditions extremely wet. Crops need heat to catch up.
  • Fungicide applications for sclerotinia wrapping up on latest seeded fields. Flax blooming. Beans short, with second application of glyphosate underway. No sign of iron chlorosis.
  • Bertha armyworm numbers low. Sunflower beetles evident. Some grasshopper spraying in hot spots.
  • Kernel formation begun in cereals. Potatoes flowering. Winter wheat and fall rye starting to turn.
  • Hay average to below. First cut dairy hay finished, beef hay continuing.

Western Manitoba

  • Friday hailstorms in south Parkland area caused extremely variable crop damage, from as little as 10 percent to as high as 50 percent. Hardest hit areas were near Oak River and Bradwardine.
  • Cereals south of Highway 23 are heading, with canola flowering. Signs of drought stress appearing. Grasshoppers reported in some areas.
  • Wheat midge, fungicide spraying north of Highway 23 underway. Haying interrupted by rain, average to below average yields reported. Some reports of alfalfa weevil damage in Dauphin, Swan River areas. Yields estimated at two tonnes per acre.
  • Wheat 75 percent headed. Canola 85 percent flowering. Barley and oats slightly behind. Corn slower than in recent years.

SASKATCHEWAN

South

  • Unsettled weather led to thunderstorms and hail damage.
  • Damage reported in Leader-Swift Current area, Dollard and the southeast.
  • Most of the crop is at normal development and in good to excellent condition.
  • Rain perked up topsoil moisture conditions with 76 percent cropland topsoil rated adequate.
  • Haying operations continue. Good quality is expected with yield estimates of one tonne per acre. In east, 21 percent baled or silaged; 25 percent in the west.
  • Spraying underway for wheat midge.

Central

  • Mixed weather delivered moisture but also hail and wind damage.
  • Crop development and condition are good.
  • Seventy-six percent of cropland soil moisture is adequate.
  • Haying seven percent complete in the east, 22 percent in the west.
  • Low hay yield of 0.5 tonnes per acre expected in western areas where moisture has been short. Eastern yields should be about one tonne. Hay quality should be fair to good.
  • Significant hail damage in the Eston,

Wynyard, Yorkton areas.

  • Wheat midge, grasshoppers continue to cause concern.

North

  • Most crops are developing normally. Crops in the eastern region are far ahead of those in the south.
  • Hay is rated fair to excellent. Haying is 16 percent done in the east and 10 percent complete in the west.
  • Soil moisture conditions improved with rain and 75 percent of the area topsoil is rated adequate.
  • Wheat midge spraying well underway.

ALBERTA

Peace, Northeast

  • Farmers in the Peace searching skies for rain. Crops beginning to fold with no rain in two months. Canola, wheat, barley and peas all suffering. Most crops will soon be written off by crop insurance.
  • Most hay crops harvested, but little chance of second cut. Pastures beginning to dry. Dugouts slowly losing water.
  • Scattered showers in pockets. Crops in northeast better with good moisture.

Central

  • Daily rain keeps crops looking good. Some wheat beginning to lodge. Early hay cut and baled. Hay cut later still in fields waiting for sunny weather.
  • Winter cereals heading out. Peas flowering, canola still flowering.
  • Subsoil moisture very good.

South

  • Crops good to excellent. Crops still behind with cool weather and rain, but farmers are willing to take good soaker rains in exchange. Subsoil moisture excellent.
  • Hay crops look good. Showers hampering haying.
  • Good rain replacing irrigation in pockets. Farmers scouting for insects and disease because of high moisture and heat.

Conditions as of July 14.

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