Region | Areas | Highlights |
Southwest | Argue, Bede, Birtle, Boissevain, Carberry CMCDC, Cartwright, Clearwater, Deloraine, Findlay, Forrest MZTRA, Glenboro, Hamiota, Killarney, Kola, Minnedosa, Minto, Mountainside, Ninette, Oakburn, Pierson, Reston, Russell, Souris, St. Lazare, Virden, Waskada, Wawanesa | - Winter wheat and fall rye are starting to turn.
- 80 per cent of canola is in the bloom stage and later seeded canola is bolting or in early flower.
- Producers are spraying fungicides in fields where sclerotinia could be an issue.
- Recent high temperatures in the region have resulted in some canola aborting and early seeded fields going out of bloom.
- Soybeans are between the late R1 and early R2 stage.
- Some reports indicate there’s been enough geese damage to warrant a claim for wildlife damage compensation.
- Corn, sunflowers and flax are all progressing well.
- Crop scouts have spotted lygus bug, sunflower beetle, thistle caterpillar and sunflower maggot flies in sunflower fields.
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Northwest | Alonsa, Drifting River, Ethelbert, Fork River, Grandview, Inglis, Keld, Minitonas, Pipelake, Rorketon, Ruthenia, San Clara, Ste. Rose, Swan Valley | - Areas near Dauphin experienced nearly 65mm of rain last week, resulting in varying soil conditions throughout the region.
- 50 per cent of the spring wheat crop is in the heading/flowering stage. Winter cereals are beginning to ripen.
- Canola is flowering with some early seeded fields beginning to pod.
- Flax and pea fields are beginning to pod.
- Soybeans and lentils are beginning to flower.
- Producers are completing herbicide and fungicide applications, as well as tillage operations, as necessary.
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Central | Altona, Baldur, Brunkild, Carman, Elm Creek, Gladstone, Kane, Letellier, Manitou, Morris, Portage East, Snowflake, Somerset, Starbuck, Treherne, Windygates, Winkler CMCDC | - Fall rye harvest could begin in two weeks.
- Winter wheat fields are in the soft to hard dough stage.
- Spring wheat, barley and oat fields are flowering.
- Many fields are clear of any fusarium head blight symptoms.
- Canola fields range from flowering to podding. Mid- to late-planted canola is suffering from lack of moisture.
- Most corn fields range from V8 to V12 and are beginning to tassel.
- Early seeded soybeans are in the R2 to R3 stage.
- Most of the soybean crop has grown through iron deficiency chlorosis symptoms.
- Crop scouts have seen root rots, septoria brown spot and aphids in soybean fields.
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Eastern | Beausejour, Dugald, Elma, Gardenton, Menisino, St. Adolphe, St. Pierre, Steinbach, Vivian, Zhoda | - Some areas experienced 75mm of rain last week, resulting in some water ponding.
- Spring wheat is finished flowering and moving into the milk/soft dough stage.
- Corn is in the V7 to V9 stage with some fields showing tassel development.
- Early seeded canola is moving from the flowering stage to the early pod fill stage.
- ome canola fields have shown signs of diamondback larvae.
- Soybeans are in the R2 or R3 stage. Iron deficiency chlorisis symptoms in many fields have resulted in dead plants.
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Interlake | Arborg, Eriksdale, Fisherton, Inwood, Moosehorn, Narcisse, Selkirk, Taylor's Point, Teulon, Woodlands | - Some areas in the region saw 56mm of rain fall last week.
- Spring cereals are mostly headed out.
- Fall rye and winter wheat are beginning to ripen.
- Lygus bugs have been discovered in faba bean and alfalfa crops.
- Soybeans are mostly grown out of iron deficiency chlorosis and beginning to flower.
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