{"id":5304,"date":"2021-06-30T18:05:21","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T00:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cmbtc.com\/?p=5304"},"modified":"2021-06-30T18:09:32","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T00:09:32","slug":"crop-progress-report-june-8-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cmbtc.com\/crop-progress-report-june-8-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Crop Progress Report – June 8, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The rains at\u00a0the end of May were welcome\u00a0on\u00a0the Prairies, with the amounts ranging from 25 cm (1 inch)\u00a0to 100 cm (4 inches).\u00a0The month of May was truly\u00a0variable\u00a0when\u00a0it came to temperatures with\u00a0daytime highs\u00a0reaching\u00a0 30\u00b0C\u00a0and\u00a0corresponding\u00a0night time\u00a0temperatures in the low single digits.\u00a0There were\u00a0also\u00a0frost scares, but\u00a0fortunately the cereals survived without significant damage.\u00a0Now June is coming\u00a0in hot and dry\u00a0in many areas\u00a0with 30\u00b0C\u00a0plus\u00a0daily highs in much of the Prairies, and record\u00a0highs of\u00a038-40\u00b0C\u00a0in the Red River Valley this past\u00a0Friday, which is well above the normal temperatures for this time of year. And a\u00a0constant throughout the seeding and early growing season\u00a0over the past\u00a0years is the ever-strong arid wind\u00a0that causes soil depletion and crop damage.\u00a0There are some exceptions to the rule such as central Alberta where temperatures have been cooler than normal and rains adequate. These areas will require some warmer weather to advance the crop.\u00a0Looking forward it will be critical that widespread soaking rains develop in the next one to two\u00a0weeks on the Prairies to avoid yield reductions\u00a0in the drier areas.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

ALBERTA<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alberta\u00a0was mostly dry this past week with strong winds and unseasonal high temperatures which depleted topsoil moisture. The area around Vulcan has been dry and needs immediate rain to avoid major impact on yields.\u00a0The central and northern areas have received rains,\u00a0however the temperatures have been below normal\u00a0which\u00a0has slowed down crop development.\u00a0Flea beetles have arrived and spraying operations\u00a0have commenced.<\/p>\n

Southern Region\u00a0(Lethbridge, Strathmore, Foremost)<\/strong>
This region had an early start to the seeding season with some fields seeded in the first week of April. The crops look good, however the blistering hot temperatures of last week combined with the strong winds led to erosion of topsoil and moisture will have to be replenished shortly to avoid impacting the crop yields. Rains are forecast for mid-week which\u00a0if\u00a0they come to fruition would be ideal to move the crop development forward. The moisture ratings are 90% good to fair with a few fields in the excellent category. We will require the rain this week to push more fields in the good category.<\/p>\n

Central Region (Airdrie, Rimbey, Olds)<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n

This region has had good rains and are forecast to get additional precipitation this week. The moisture conditions are over 20% excellent, 75% good to fair and 5% poor. The barley is in the three to four leaf stage and farmers are spraying for flea beetles. Like last year this region suffers from below normal temperatures. The area requires heat. Normal temperatures for this time of year are in the low 20 \u00b0C, unfortunately the daytime temperatures are in the mid-teens and nighttime temperatures are in the mid to low single digits.<\/p>\n

Northeast Region (Vermilion, Camrose, Provost)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Barley is in the two-leaf stage. There are rains forecast for this week which would push the moisture conditions to over 90% good to excellent. This area is not lacking in moisture\u00a0–\u00a0what it requires is warmer temperatures to move the crop forward.\u00a0Flea beetle activity is increasing and the farmers have commenced spraying when they can get into the fields.<\/p>\n

Northwest Region (Barrhead, Edmonton, Leduc)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Barley is in the three to four leaf stage with 25% of the fields sprayed for flea beetles. The region is generally wet with more precipitation forecast for the entire week. This is another region that has had below normal temperatures and will require some heat to move the crop\u00a0forward. Like last year, daytime temperatures are in the mid-teens. The crop needs some warmer temperatures to advance crop growth.<\/p>\n

Peace Region (Fairview, Falher, Grande Prairie)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Crop development is modest as the region has sufficient soil moisture with 90% rated fair to good and 5% excellent. These numbers should improve after this week’s rains. Similar to the central region heat is required to move the crop forward. Daytime temperatures\u00a0only average in the mid-teens and nighttime temperatures are continually in single digits which slows down crop development.<\/p>\n

SASKATCHEWAN<\/strong><\/p>\n

The May rains\u00a0from two weeks ago got many crops germinating\/growing quickly. This past week there was excessive heat with temperatures scaling into the high 30 \u00b0C. The heat was accompanied by savanna type winds\u00a0which\u00a0played havoc with spraying operations and depleting topsoil moisture. Fortunately there are rain events forecast for most of this week in the northern regions of the province.\u00a0Here again\u00a0the flea beetles have appeared and are a major issue especially in\u00a0the\u00a0northern parts of the province.\u00a0The frost that the province had some ten days ago did not inflect much damage on the crop. Overall, not much for re-seeding because of the cool weather,\u00a0but a bit did happen in the last ten days in northern geographies. The forecast rain\u00a0events\u00a0are needed to\u00a0help alleviate dry conditions that are a concern in many areas.<\/p>\n

Southwest Region (Swift Current, Maple Creek, Assiniboia)<\/strong><\/p>\n

This region registered some limited rainfall in the last half of the month of May which provided good germination and crop emergence. The recent weather conditions have turned dry with no precipitation and strong winds which have reduced topsoil moisture. More rain will be needed\u00a0relatively soon\u00a0to reduce any negative impact on yield potential. The topsoil moisture rating show 60% adequate, 30% short and 10% very short. Rain events are forecast for this week which would favorably move the crop forward.\u00a0The strong winds of the past week have played havoc with spraying operations.<\/p>\n

West Central Region (Rosetown & Kindersley)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The region had some May rains that helped the crops to germinate and emerge. This past week strong winds and warm temperatures eroded some of the topsoil moisture and rain will be needed to recharge the topsoil. The forecast for this week is optimistic, there are rain events scheduled for the entire week. Good precipitation would go a long way to improve crop conditions.\u00a0Topsoil moisture ratings\u00a0are 55% adequate, 33% short and 12% very short.<\/p>\n

North Central Region (Prince Albert, Tisdale)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The region has had good moisture conditions and benefitted from some light rains in late May which helped the crop emergence. The growth has moved forward with warm temperatures in the past week. Spraying has been a challenge with the windy conditions, however due to the infestation of flea beetles the spraying will have to resume as soon as the conditions permit.\u00a0More rain events are forecast mid-week and into the weekend. The barley crops are in good condition.<\/p>\n

Southeast Region (Regina, Weyburn, Moosomin)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dry conditions this past week along with\u00a0wind and temperatures into the mid to high 30 \u00b0C depleted topsoil moisture. Although the crops were off to good emergence and growth, rain is needed to sustain the crop. It is forecast to rain all this week which would be a major positive impact on crop development. Like other regions, the flea beetles are ever present and spraying operations are going when the windy conditions abate.<\/p>\n

Northeast Region (Melville, Yorkton)<\/strong>
In the past few weeks, this region has experienced the best and worst of what Mother Nature can offer. They had some snow\u00a0and\u00a0frost events,\u00a0which fortunately did not cause damage to the cereal crops, followed last week by extremely windy and hot conditions which caused a reduction of topsoil moisture.\u00a0The crops are advancing quickly as the soil had moisture from earlier rains and promoted good emergence. A four-day rain event\u00a0is in the forecast this week. This would greatly benefit crop development for the region.<\/p>\n

MANITOBA<\/strong> \u00a0 Every region had temperatures drop below freezing the May 24\u00a0May long weekend, down to -5 \u00b0C for several hours in some areas. Fortunately, the damage was minimal. This past week saw blistering temperatures reaching 40 \u00b0 plus\u00a0in the southern sections of the Red River Valley. The combination of heat and strong winds are not a favorable combination for growth development and just adds stress to the crop. Rains are needed in all regions to replace the drop in topsoil moisture.<\/p>\n

Southern Region<\/strong>
Hot and dry throughout the region last week with temperatures reaching a record 40 \u00b0C for this time of year in the Winkler and Morden area. Other areas had the temperatures in the high 30 \u00b0C accompanied by strong winds which stressed the crops. Rain is needed and soon. Some areas did receive some precipitation over the weekend, but more is required. The forecast is encouraging with rain potential for mid-week.<\/p>\n

Central and Northern Region (Dauphin)<\/strong><\/p>\n

With the heat and excessive winds this week, much of the moisture was lost from last week’s rain in the top one and a half inches of soil. The older cereals are advancing well but some of the later seeded crop is showing heat stress. The entire region will need rain again soon. There is rain in the forecast for the entire week which will greatly benefit the crop growth. For the limited moisture the crops have received since seeding, they are looking good overall. Spraying for flea beetles has gone into full swing as this has become the priority for farmers.<\/p>\n

Contributed by Pat Rowan<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The rains at\u00a0the end of May were welcome\u00a0on\u00a0the Prairies, with the amounts ranging from 25 cm (1 inch)\u00a0to 100 cm (4 inches).\u00a0The month of May was truly\u00a0variable\u00a0when\u00a0it came to temperatures with\u00a0daytime highs\u00a0reaching\u00a0 30\u00b0C\u00a0and\u00a0corresponding\u00a0night time\u00a0temperatures in the low single digits.\u00a0There were\u00a0also\u00a0frost scares, but\u00a0fortunately the cereals survived without significant damage.\u00a0Now June is coming\u00a0in hot and dry\u00a0in many […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmbtc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5304"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmbtc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmbtc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmbtc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmbtc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5304"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cmbtc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5307,"href":"https:\/\/cmbtc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5304\/revisions\/5307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmbtc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmbtc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmbtc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}