Happy 4th of July to our friends in the south! 🎆
Can we repeat last weeks forecast review? Yet another week of scattered predictions for precipitation that do not seem to produce much of anything. The evening of July 1st we saw scattered storms across the Valley, ranging from 1.8mm to 19.1mm depending on your area, producing hail in others.
As we write this, the prediction for Friday is looking different across many different platforms. Anywhere from 0mm up to 30mm, depending on which one you are following.
As always, if you’re seeing anything unusual or just want a second opinion, don’t hesitate to reach out. We’re happy to stop by and have a look.
Have a great weekend,
Bru, Jenn and the team at Antara Agronomy
Crop Talk
Overall, crops are looking good considering the moisture situation,although fields could really use a decent rain to keep momentum up. Stay alert for waterhempflushes, which can pop up quickly in these conditions, especially in thinner crop canopies.
Corn Progress
Corn is well past knee-high — more like waist-high by the 4th of July this year. Most fields are pushing the 8 to 9 leaf collar stage (V8–V9) and growing quickly with the heat. A few fields did take somelight hail damage from the storm on July 1st, but nothing overly concerning at this point. Also good news:no bug pressure reported so far!
Cereal Crops
Cereal crops are holding strong, with many past key fungicide timing. The continued dry weather means virtually no leaf disease to worry about, so most have opted to skip fungicides on the flag leaf, while choosing to protect the heads instead. Some fields are showing drought stress on lighter soils or in areas that have missed storms. Otherwise, wheat is moving steadily through flowering to seed development.
Canola Watch
Canola is transitioning from late flowering into early podding in many fields, with stands generally looking solid. No significant insect issues have been reported — flea beetles are long behind us. Diamondback moth larvae have just begun to hatch; nothing severe - seeing 1-3 larva in a set of sweeps. Keep an eye out as pods fill.
Bean Talk Soybeans are transitioning into the reproductive stages, with fields staging around R1 to R2. Stands look quite good overall, though still showing a bit of early season variability where crusting was an issue.
This weed’s a cousin to your garden lettuce (same Lactuca family), but that’s where the similarities end. It’s an annual or sometimes biennial that spreads by seed — those fluffy pappi help it blow all over.
The stems have a milky sap, kind of like dandelions. That latex can gunk up your combine and bump up grain moisture at harvest. It’s also drought tolerant, so in drier years it can really give soybeans a run for their money.
Most broadleaf herbicides will keep it in check in-crop. For fall control, glyphosate, glufosinate, or paraquat will do a solid job.
It’s labeled as a tier 3 noxious weed here in Manitoba, but nowhere else in Canada.
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