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20 The Manitoba Co-operator | July 12, 2012 CROP REPORT Warm weather is advancing crops quickly Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives — Report for July 9, 2012 Southwest Region Several rainfall events over the past week resulted in amounts ranging from five to 75 mm. Some areas also reported hail with damage still being assessed. In the Assiniboine Valley, crop, hay and pastureland have been impacted by flooding. Most cereal crops are heading with several fields done flowering. Fungicide applications are nearing completion. Most of the canola crop is flowering and several fields have been sprayed for disease. Areas of the fields that were affected by flea beetle, cutworms and high moisture are evident. Early-seeded flax is blooming and producers are applying fungicides. There are no major insect issues to date, although there are high levels of bertha armyworm moths reported in traps. Monitoring continues for diamondbacks. First-cut hay is 50 per cent complete with most producers reporting average yields with good quality. Northwest Region Warm temperatures aided crop development. Poor plant stands and drowned-out areas are evident in canola fields. In The Pas, canola fields still have still extremely wet areas. Cereal staging ranges from heading/flowering in The Pas to Don’t miss the boat Make sure your grain is on board. With the flexibility of CWB pool contracts, there’s no reason to wait! n “Act of God” provisions for CWB pools* n Choose your delivery points later n Adjust your grades for free* n Switch to cash contracts for only $3 per tonne* * before fall sign-up deadlines fields in the milk stage at Swan River, Roblin and Dauphin. Canola staging is more variable with a few fields podding in Dauphin, then a range from rosette to bolting to the majority of acres flowering. High temperatures may affect canola yield potential. Fungicide application is on going for both cereals and canola crops, with some being applied aerially. Haying operations have just begun across the region with the exception of The Pas. The first cut yields are average to below average with yields ranging from 1.4 to 2.0 tons per acre. Native pastures and hayland are still showing the effects of excess moisture from last year, particularly at The Pas and along the lakes in the region. Central Region Most areas received minimal precipitation but areas south and west received significant rain in the storm system that went through July 4 with rainfall ranging from 15 to 100 mm. Hail damage from south of Crystal City through Snowflake to Mowbray (south of Darlingford) ran in a swath up to four to six miles wide. Many claims have been filed with damage ranging from light to complete. For some crops on lighter-textured soils, symptoms of heat and moisture stress are becoming evident. Prairie strong, worldwide www.cwb.ca/norisk Winter wheat is in the milk to soft dough stage. Pre-harvest glyphosate applications are starting. Producers are monitoring carefully as colour change is progressing rapidly, while kernels may be less advanced. Some rust has been reported in wheat and in oats but at low levels. Spraying for sclerotinia in canola is also close to being finished. Some reports of flower loss due to hot dry conditions have been reported but overall the crop looks good. Monitoring continues for diamondbacks. Edible beans are in the third trifoliate to early flowering in the earliest varieties. Soybeans are starting to flower. Septoria brown spot is showing up on lower leaves in some fields. Corn has seen rapid growth. Alfalfa weevil is causing damage in alfalfa. Cutworm damage is still being reported and monitoring continues for bertha armyworm and diamondback moth larvae. Grasshoppers are showing up in some fields, including sunflower fields. Some reports of aphids in cereals but numbers appear to be declining. Hay crop yields are average to below average. Moisture is needed for regrowth for a second cut. Livestock water supplies are tight and dugout levels are below average. Eastern Region Northern areas received less than 10 mm on average, central areas generally received 10 to 20 mm and southern areas received anywhere from 10 mm to over 25 mm. About 80 per cent of winter wheat crops are in the dough stage. Most red spring wheat is in the milk stage with some transitioning to early dough. Most barley is in the milk and early dough growth stages. Most oats are in the milk growth stage with some heat blasting noted. Most of the canola is transitioning from flowering to pod filling. High levels of flower drop are noted. Flax is transitioning from flowering to boll filling. Sunflowers are in the bud stage and soybeans are flowering. Corn is in the V6 to V13 growth stages. In general, the condition of annual crops is rated as good. Rain would be welcomed in most areas. In northern areas of the region, grain producers are monitoring insect levels. There has been spraying for armyworms in spring cereals and forage seed and some limited spraying for grasshoppers. Increased defoliation levels in soybean fields by green cloverworm and grasshoppers have been noted. Lygus bugs have been reported in some canola. Pool size may be limited – sign up now. Contact your local CWB Farm Business Representative (check cwb.ca/fbr) or call 1-800-275-4292. First-cut haying has been proceeding with between 60 per cent and 90 per cent of the crop cut or baled. Overall quality is rated as good. The condition of the majority of hay and pasture lands is rated as fair to good with some concerns about drier conditions. Dugout levels are below average in some areas of the region. Interlake Region Isolated thundershowers brought rainfall of six mm in the southern areas. Winter wheat is beginning to ripen while spring cereal development ranges from most acres finished flowering to early dough stage on remaining acres. Canola and flax are flowering. Soybean growth stage ranges from fourth to sixth trifoliate. Fungicide application on canola continued last week. Winter wheat, spring cereals and timothy seed have been affected by armyworm, with insecticide application taking place on many acres. Insect populations are also high on alfalfa seed crops . Haying progress is excellent with yields average to below average. Pasture conditions are rated as good but the hot, dry conditions will result in slow regrowth of grass species. Surface water supplies are below average with some producers utilizing other sources.
The Manitoba Co-operator | July 12, 2012 21 Canola continues to set new acreage records But an unknown number of acres were lost to excess moisture By Rod Nickel WINNIPEG / REUTERS / Canadian farmers b o o s t e d r e c o r d - h i g h canola plantings more t h a n e x p e c t e d a n d trimmed the wheat area from an earlier forecast, Statistics Canada said on June 27, but traders noted that the agency’s farmer survey did not capture heavy rains that may have washed out many fields. Canola plantings reached 21.273 million acres, near the high end of a range of trade estimates. Canola seedings were up from StatsCan’s April 24 estimate of 20.4 million acres and well past last year’s area of 18.9 million acres. All-wheat plantings slipped to 23.812 million acres, slightly lower than trade expectations. Wheat plantings slipped from the previous estimate of 24.3 million acres, but still exceeded last year’s seeded area of 21.5 million acres. StatsCan surveyed nearly 25,000 farmers from May 28 through June 7, prior to steady rains pouring down in western Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan. “We’ve got to knock a chunk off for lost acres u n s e e d e d , s w a m p e d out with all the rains in June,” said Ken Ball, commodities broker at Union Securities, who estimates farmers lost at least one million acres of canola. “Putting a number on that is really tough.” Prior to the rains, farmers shifted some acres to canola instead of wheat and other crops because of canola’s high prices, Ball said. The oat seeded area was 3.074 million acres, down from StatsCan’s previous estimate of 3.4 million acres. StatsCan estimated durum area at 4.71 million acres, slightly below trade expectations and down from StatsCan’s previous forecast for 5.1 million acres. The barley area was pegged at 7.365 million acres, below a range of trade expectations and StatsCan’s previous forecast of nearly eight million acres. Barley grades to reflect different end uses Three classes will be set up according to end use Staff The Western Standards Committee of the Canadian Grain Commission has recommended categorizing barley varieties according to end use rather than the current designations of malting, general purpose and hulless. Under the changes that take effect July 1, barley varieties will be classed according to their end use for food, malting and general purpose. “In the current system, a hulless malting variety would be classed as hulless, possibly causing customers to overlook its potential as malting barley. In the revised system, this variety will be more accurately classed as malting and graded as hulless,” a CGC release says. Customers of Canadian barley, particularly those who are interested in using barley in food products, will gain a more accu- So simple... It’s in the bag. The Technology Fee is now included in the price of a bag of Genuity ® Roundup Ready ® canola seed. You said make it simple. Western Canadian farmers were asked their opinion about different purchasing processes and the seamless “in-the-bag” model was the clear preference. Purchasing Genuity Roundup Ready canola is now simplified for everyone. Growers typically make input decisions by the acre cost and value. This change in purchase process means growers can more more easily easily assess the per acre acre value of the Genuity Roundup Roundup Ready canola system and compare it to other options. In addition, growers and retailers will no longer need to pay GST on the seamless model because seed is GST zero rated. rate understanding of potential end-use quality from the revised grades. Currently, there are several registered varieties of barley developed specifically for food use, including CDC Fibar, CDC Rattan and CDC Hilose. Tolerances for grading factors in malting and general purposes classes remain the same. Tolerances for grading factors in hulless grades in each class are based on tolerances in the former hulless class. For more information go to genuitycanola.ca or see Monsanto Company is a member of Excellence Through Stewardship® (ETS). Monsanto products are commercialized in accordance with ETS Product Launch Stewardship Guidance, and in compliance with Monsanto’s Policy for Commercialization of Biotechnology-Derived Plant Products in Commodity Crops. This product has been approved for import into key export markets with functioning regulatory systems. Any crop or material produced from this product can only be exported to, or used, processed or sold in countries where all necessary regulatory approvals have been granted. It is a violation of national and international law to move material containing biotech traits across boundaries into nations where import is not permitted. Growers should talk to their grain handler or product purchaser to confirm their buying position for this product. Excellence Through Stewardship® is a registered trademark of Excellence Through Stewardship. ALWAYS READ AND FOLLOW PESTICIDE LABEL DIRECTIONS. Roundup Ready® crops contain genes that confer tolerance to glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup® brand agricultural herbicides. Roundup® brand agricultural herbicides will kill crops that are not tolerant to glyphosate. Genuity and Design®, Genuity Icons, Genuity®, Roundup Ready®, and Roundup® are trademarks of Monsanto Technology LLC, Monsanto Canada, Inc. licensee. ©2012 Monsanto Canada, Inc. 10589A MON-Genuity VCM-Grainews.indd 1 7/4/12 3:14 PM Heavy hail claims in Sask. Early-season crop losses tough to quantify, insurers say Hail insurance providers on the Prairies report about 2,200 claims filed in Saskatchewan up to the middle of last week, a number they say is at least double the typical count for that date. Claims are also still coming in from storms that hit the province July 1-3, the Canadian Crop Hail Association said last Friday in its latest update. A variety of isolated storms in Manitoba in June has led to nearly 500 claims by the middle of last week, including many from the southwest and the Roland area, it said. The single largest storm in the province came early on July 4 near the U.S. border, including areas near Tilston, Lyleton, Deloraine, Boissevain, Mather, Cartwright, Killarney and Snowflake. Farmers in Alberta, especially southern regions, filed about 660 claims up to the first week of July; many of the early claims only had canola with enough damage for payouts, the association said. The trouble with processing hail claims this early in the growing season is that it “can be difficult to assess (damages) since the crops often have a tremendous ability to recover,” the association said. Depending on the stage of the crop and the extent of damage, some companies will defer claim adjustments to later in the season to better determine the extent of the loss, the association said. NEWS 4-H contributors honoured with Queen’s award STAFF / Fifteen Canadians have been honoured with Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medals for their contribution to 4-H. They were awarded at a banquet dinner at 4-H Canada’s annual general meeting in St. John’s, Newfoundland last month. The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal honours Canadians of all ages and from all walks of life who have built and continue to build a caring society and country through their service and achievements. It was created in celebration of Her Majesty’s 60th anniversary of accession to the throne. Of the 60,000 medals designated for Canadians, 33 were given to the Canadian 4-H Council to honour the significant contribution of individuals to the 4-H movement in Canada, with 13 to be presented nationally and 20 provincially. Recipients were: Rob Black, president, Canadian 4-H Council; George Klosler, Marie Logan, Judy Shaw, Bertram Stewart, Elizabeth Crouse and Robert McAuley, all former presidents of the Canadian 4-H Council; Valerie Pearson, vicepresident, Canadian 4-H Council; Mike Nowosad, chief executive officer, 4-H Canada, Matthew Tweedy, chair, Canadian 4-H Council’s Youth Advisory Committee; Lyndon Carlson, Dori Gingera-Beauchemin, and James Hewitt, former presidents, Canadian 4-H Foundation; Hilda Bellows, co-chair, provincial 4-H council and long-time member of the 4-H program, and Gerry Sullivan, former president, provincial council, and long-time member of the 4-H program.
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