USDA estimates 2014/15 Canada rapeseed production at 15.25 million tons, down 2.9 percent from last month and down 15 percent from last year's record level. Harvested area is estimated at 7.7 million hectares, down 3.9 percent from last year and down 3.8 percent from last month. The reduction in estimated area is due to unseeded acreage and late June flooding that impacted southeast Saskatchewan and southwest Manitoba. Yield is forecast at 1.98 tons per hectare, down 12 percent from last year's record but up 0.9 percent from last month. Rapeseed development in the Western Prairies is still behind normal because of wet and cool weather conditions coupled with late planting. However, warmer temperatures in late July and sufficient precipitation have advanced crop maturation. The majority of the crop is setting pods. Analysis of satellite-derived vegetation indices show that crop development across most of the western prairies is slightly above the 5-year average. However, crop vigor in southeast Saskatchewan and southwestern Manitoba, which account for approximately 5 percent of total rapeseed production, is likely to be slightly below the short-term mean. Recent provincial reports from the major producers, Saskatchewan and Alberta, have rated the rapeseed crop as 70 percent good to excellent.