Prairie farmers will be out evaluating the damage from last week’s frost.
It usually takes 3 to 5 days for the damage from a frost to be visibly seen on the crop.
G3 Canada’s Weather and Crop Specialist is Bruce Burnett:
"We did see some significant frost on Friday morning, especially in Alberta and parts of western Saskatchewan. That is certainly going to set back the cereal crops but also cause some damage to the emerged canola crops and other vulnerable crops as well," he said.
Frost damaged spring cereals will have wilted dark green and discolored leaves and will become necrotic at the leaf tips within 1 or 2 days after freezing.
Despite the frost, prairie crops will get a boost from last week’s rainfall.
Farmers are getting back in the field after the rain slowed down spring seeding operations in some areas with anywhere from 2 to 4 inches being reported depending on your location.
Burnett says while the moisture is welcome, the frost that followed caused some problems out in the field:
"Some of the emerged crops will have to see some re-seeding going on, again especially with the more vulnerable ones. Fortunately, in terms of planting some of those more vulnerable crops, they were planted a bit later so we could see some of the fields had not fully emerged yet, but certainly we are going to have to see some re-seeding caused by these colder temperatures," he said.
Source : Discoverestevan