Weekly Provincial Summary
Harvest has started in winter wheat and fall rye, with a good portion of those crops already combined. Reported yields are average for both crops, falling numbers are good in rye crops harvested prior to heavy rains last week, and no results yet on crop yet to be combined.
Crop condition looks good to very good in most parts of the province, field pea harvest has begun in the Northwest and Southwest regions, and widespread harvest is expected to begin for spring cereals in about two weeks, with some early spring wheat, barley, and oats coming off in the past few days in the Central Region.
Early spring wheat harvest indications in the Eastern and Central regions are showing CWRS (Canadian Western Red Spring Wheat) protein ranging between 12.5 to 14.3%, with good falling numbers and slightly higher FDK (fusarium damaged kernels) than recent years, but low DON (deoxynivalenol) levels, and mostly grading No 1 CWRS.
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