Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: Issue 15

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: Issue 15

Conditions as of August 10, 2015

The 2015 harvest was slowed by the continuing wet conditions in Manitoba. However, some harvest operations did occur where field and weather conditions allowed. Winter wheat yields are ranging from 55 to 90 bushels per acre, with good quality. Swathing or preharvest management of the earliest-seeded spring cereal and canola crops continues. The return to


Lygus bug on a canola pod

Fusarium levels low, soybean aphid numbers increasing

Manitoba crop insect and disease update for August 4, 2015

Plant Pathogens: Levels of fusarium head blight are being reported as low in many areas. Increased levels of mycosphaerella are being reported in later seeded field peas in the southwest as a result of the cooler and wetter conditions. Some soybean fields are showing increasing damage due to excess moisture and subsequent root rots. Weather conditions have been conducive for



Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: Issue 14

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: Issue 14

Conditions as of August 4, 2015

Winter wheat and fall rye harvest is underway in Manitoba. Preliminary reports indicate winter wheat yields range from 60 to 85 bu/acre, with low levels of fusarium damaged kernels in harvested samples. There are also a few fields of spring wheat, barley and field peas harvested last week. Swathing or preharvest applications in the earliest-seeded spring

White head from wheat stem maggot (l), and larva of wheat stem maggot.

Manitoba crop insect and disease update

Summary of conditions as of July 28, 2015

Plant Pathogens: At the Crop Diagnostic Lab there are canola plants coming in with blackleg and sclerotinia. Some soybeans have been showing root rot – rhizoctonia and fusarium. Some sunflower fields are showing basal and mid-stalk sclerotinia. Some flax fields are showing pasmo lesions on stem and leaves. Insects: Levels of armyworms are starting to decline in some fields as


Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: Issue 13

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: Issue 13

Conditions as of July 27, 2015

Generally, the condition of most crop types is rated as good in Manitoba. The continuing hot and humid weather conditions are advancing crops quickly. Harvest of winter wheat and fall rye is expected to start this week. To date, low disease pressure is noted in the winter cereal crops. Thunderstorms of varying severity resulted in



Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: Issue 11

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: Issue 11

Conditions as of July 13, 2015

Hot and humid weather conditions resulted in rapid crop growth across most of Manitoba. Generally, condition of most crop types is rated as good, although variability is noted across the province. Majority of acres and crop types have entered the flowering and grain fill stages of development. Although many areas did receive much needed rainfall,

(Bruce Fritz photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Sunflowers look good in field, flat in market

CNS Canada — While many Canadian crops are wishing for more rain right now, one expert sees sunflowers, primarily grown in Manitoba, doing relatively fine for moisture. “There’s no weather worries on sunflowers right now. A lot of the acres went in because it was forecasted to be a very dry summer, but it hasn’t