Alberta
South
n Received from 40 to 100 millimetres of rain. Surface soil moisture 21 percent fair, 47 good and 28 excellent.
n Spring cereals 45 percent fair, 45 percent good to excellent. Canola is 20 poor, 48 fair and 32 good to excellent.
n Hail reported near Taber and Seven Persons.
n First cut hay nearly complete. Pasture 39 percent poor, 39 fair and 22 excellent.
Central
n Twenty to 80 mm of rain have improved conditions, especially in later seeded crops.
n Some crops were terminated and converted to summerfallow.
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n Surface moisture 22 percent poor, 50 fair, 28 good.
n Cereals 50 percent poor, 42 good and eight good. Canola 50 poor, 37 fair and 13 good.
n First cut hay nearly complete, very low yields. Pasture 64 poor, 28 fair and eight good.
Northwest
n Heat, rain improved development.
n Cereals 45 percent poor, 45 fair and 10 good. Canola 60 poor, 30 fair and 10 good.
n Reseeding to greenfeed and crop termination for summerfallow.
n First cut hay underway. Poor yields. Pastures poor to fair.
Northeast
n 30 to 100 mm of rain. Soil moisture 17 percent poor, 64 fair and 19 good.
n Regrowth and germination of ungerminated seed have caused uneven crops.
n Cereals 35 percent poor, 52 fair and 13 good. Canola 44 poor, 48 fair and eight good.
Peace and B.C.
n Rain in south and north, with central starving for moisture.
n Hail damage in south.
n Soil moisture variable, with 37 percent poor, 32 fair and 31 good to excellent.
n Cereals 21 percent poor, 38 percent fair and 41 percent good to excellent. Canola 16 percent poor, 30 percent fair and 54 percent good to excellent.
n First cut haying underway, with less than average yields.
Saskatchewan
Southwest
n Limited rainfall. Surface moisture 71 percent adequate, 30 percent short.
n Cereals 65 percent good to excellent, remainder fair. Canola 63 percent good to excellent, remainder fair. Pulses 70 percent good to excellent.
n Haying underway. Yields below average.
Southeast
n Some lows near freezing point, with highs nearing 37 C. Recent heat advancing the crops.
n Fifteen to 50 mm of rain, with hail at Kennedy.
n Surface moisture is 67 percent good, 28 fair and two poor.
n Pastures are 54 percent good, 22 percent fair and 24 percent poor.
n Cereals 65 percent good to excellent, 30 percent fair. Canola 62 good to excellent 30 fair and remainder poor. Pulse crops good to excellent.
n Haying underway and complete in some areas, all report fair to poor yields.
n Grasshopper and pea aphids.
West-central
n Rain and heat improving crops overall. At Rosetown and Kindersley some localized flooding.
n Surface cropland moisture 79 percent good with remainder poor.
n Multiple crop stages due to late rain and poor germination.
n Spring cereals 35 percent good, 55 percent fair to poor, remainder very poor. Canola 27 percent good, 40 percent fair and 29 percent poor.
n Poor hay yields expected. Haying half complete.
East-central
n Cropland soil moisture 86 percent good, with remainder fair.
n Haying underway with yields of nearly one tonne per acre expected.
n Cereals and pulses 75 percent good to excellent. Canola 63 percent good to excellent, 32 percent fair.
n Wheat midge at Neudorf, Kelliher and Quill Lake, root maggot at Leroy. Bertha armyworm at Kuroki.
Northwest
n Surface soil moisture is generally good.
n Haying and silage operations underway.
n Cereals 80 percent good or better. Canola 60 percent good or better. Pulses 85 percent good or better.
n Haying started. Below average yields.
n Wheat midge and grasshoppers reported as well as sclerotinia and ascochyta in pulses.
Northeast
n Soil moisture generally good.
n 65 percent of cereal crops good or better. Canola 60 percent good, 30 fair and nine poor.Pulse crops 75 percent good or better.
n Haying underway. Poor to average yields.
n Insect damage from wheat midge.
Manitoba
Southwest
n Spotty showers up to 15 mm.
n Variable development in cereals, filling to flowering. Canola flowering to podding.
n First cut hay complete, with poor yields.
n Fungicide spraying complete, midge and grasshopper spraying underway.
n Pastures drying down, in need of rain.
Southeast and Red River Valley
n Showers up to 50 mm near Morris.
n Canola and cereal fungicide applications reported. Fusarium at low levels.
n Iron chlorosis due to excess moisture.
n Grasshoppers, alfalfa weevil, sunflower weevil larvae feeding, but little damage, low Bertha trap counts.
n First cut hay complete with good yields, some second cut started.
n Potato growth spotty, varied.
Central and Interlake
n Dry conditions aiding crop development.
n Corn and soybeans starting to grow rapidly, very late.
n Greenfeed crops advancing.
n Fungicide being applied.
n Hay from poor yields to excellent where moisture didn’t damage the crop.
Northwest
n Rain near St. Rose and Roblin helped crops and forages and slowed haying.
n Cereals headed out, peas and canola podding.
n Apothecia present, indicating sclerotinia threat.
n Haying 50 percent complete, with lower yields in older stands and newer stands showing better results.
Conditions as of July 27
