A large percentage of first cut has yet to make it into storage and recent rainfall patterns have made June hay making a struggle. Forage regrowth, in early cut hay fields is responding well to recent rains. Summer weather for the entire week, with increasing temperatures and humidity as the week progressed. A few scattered showers on Sunday were the only precipitation. The earliest fields have taken on a healthy, dark green colour, although the effects of poor soil conditions at planting have lingered.
Some corn fields remain extremely uneven.
Soybeans range from the first to third trifoliate, and herbicide spraying will finish up this week. Many fields have taken on a mottled appearance as the plants switch over to nitrogen from the nodules rather than the soil. Spring canola is in full flower. The heat is a concern, with canola growers hoping for rain and cooler conditions. Winter wheat stands have evened out as heading progressed.