Alberta
South
- Hail caused severe losses from Warner and Vulcan north.
- Winter cereals being harvested.
- Spring cereals in dough stage.
- Silage operations underway.
- Pasture conditions fair and improving.
- Showers stalled bean and lentil harvest.
Central
- Hailstorm claimed an estimated onemillion acres of crop, hitting many areas where drought had already severely limited crops.
- Between Strathmore, Drumheller and Stettler, 40 to 60 millimetres of rain fell.
- Grasshoppers remain a problem in pasture and in pulse crops.
- Some reseeded canola done flowering.
- Pastures continue to fail near Olds and Oyen.
- Hay supplies are very short.
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Northwest
- Drought stress causing some crops to race to maturity, further limiting yield, but increasing protein in cereal crops.
- Canola crops podding and improving in condition.
- Most producers expect a second cut of hay.
Northeast
- Along the Saskatchewan border, crops improved with warm temperatures and rain.
- In the west, drought has limited yields in all crops. Canola faring better than cereals.
- Grasshoppers have reached economic thresholds for spraying.
Peace and B.C.
- Total precipitation for August has ranged from 4 mm at Peace River to 20 mm at Beaver Lodge.
- Drought is claiming some yield and advancing maturity. The region is the most advanced on the Prairies, with best potential for high quality crops.
Saskatchewan
Southwest
- Rain halted harvest operations that began last week. Up to 45 mm on the weekend after 30 to 40 mm fell in the previous week.
- Five percent of the fall planted crops are harvested. Swathing and one percent of spring crop harvesting are complete. Earliest lentils being combined.
- Crops remain in good to very good condition, but a week to 10 days behind average.
- Desiccation of pulse crops underway.
Southeast
- Up to 90 mm of rain stalled swathing of winter crops. Heat brought maturing crops along and damaged cereals still flowering.
- Topsoil moisture is generally adequate.
- Winter cereals being swathed and three percent combined.
- Two percent of the region’s lentils have been combined, one percent of peas swathed.
- Haying almost done, ensiling underway.
- Grasshopper and aphid control underway.
West-Central
- Recent rain up to 90 mm in the east and 50 mm in the west.
- Haying and greenfeed baling stalled due to rain.
- Four percent of winter wheat and nine of fall rye harvested.
- Pulse crops being desiccated in the west, some flowering in the east.
- Grasshoppers in many crops, mildew in peas.
East-Central
- Rain up to 50 mm in the west and 35 mm near Yorkton has stalled the last 10 percent of haying.
- Crops two to three weeks behind, but recent heat improved maturity.
Northwest
- Showers near Lloydminster, rain up to 35 mm near North Battleford.
- Variable crop development, generally 10 days to two weeks late.
- Crop condition is good, but delayed by two weeks. Some large canola and pea crops reported.
Northeast
- Rain improved soil condition, heat helped with maturity. Haying delayed by recent rains.
- Canola podding with fairly even development 10 days behind normal. Heat needed to finish peas and canola. Cereals showing signs of maturity.
Manitoba
Southwest
- Rain over the weekend was welcome for pastures and second cut hay prospects.
- Hail with severe crop damage near Miniota and Brandon.
- Fall cereal and early pulse harvest underway.
- Some second cut hay better than first cut.
Central and Red River Valley
- Rain from 20 mm near Somerset up to 75 mm at Brunkild.
- Hail damage at LaSalle and Emerson.
- Winter wheat harvest with yields from 30 to 90 bushels per acre.
- Second cut hay being cut, with better than average yields in west, less than in east.
- Spring cereals being treated with glyphosate.
- Fungicide applications underway in beans.
- Corn filling in south and west. In the east, it is silking and soybeans in R3 and R4 stage.
- Downy mildew, rust and sclerotinia reported.
Interlake
- Up to 50 mm of rain at Riverton.
- Winter wheat harvest underway in the south with good quality and average yields.
- Late seeded greenfeed short, in need of heat.
- Second cut hay underway.
- Canola ranges from podded to flowering with sclerotinia.
Northwest
- Rain at Swan River up to 100 mm, 63 at Dauphin, 56 at Roblin.
- Cereals in the dough stage.
- Earliest canola may be cut by week’s end.
- First cut hay nearly complete.
Conditions as of Aug. 17
