Manitoba Agriculture reports that for Week 33 there was “a welcome rain over the week to most of the Southwest which will help the crop fill, and was very important for the soybean crop as well as pasture land and second cut for hay crops. Harvest in most areas had stopped due to the rainfall.
As the fields dry, producers will be back in the field continuing pea, winter wheat and fall rye harvest and pre-harvest applications for cereal crops. In general, crops look average but the recent rain will help early crops fill and later seeded crops progress.
Fall rye and winter wheat harvest is pretty general in the southern portion of the region and yields look to be average with good quality. Some reports of ergot showing up in fall rye.
Pea crops are being desiccated and spraying will be completed this week. Harvest has begun in most areas. Rain might make harvest a little more difficult with the wetter ground. Pea crops look to be an average yield around 45 to 50 bu/acre and good quality.
Some harvest of early seeded wheat fields began last week before the rains. Most wheat crops are in the firm to hard dough stage. Desiccation of wheat will begin this week once conditions are dry enough to travel.
Barley fields continue to ripen and rain may help increase test weight. Swathing of barley may start this week to help bring on harvest.
Oat crops are in the soft dough stage and continue to ripen. Some early seeded fields and those that ran out of moisture may be swathed by the end of the week.
Most of the canola crops are in pod fill stage with some crops starting to turn. No major insect or disease issues showing up.
Soybeans are at the R5 to R6 stage. Recent rain will help pod fill. Some late weed growth in areas where the stands are thin especially volunteer canola.
Most corn is in the R2 (blister) to R3 (milk) stage. The corn crop has managed the dry conditions well, good height reported in many fields.
Sunflowers in the R5 stage. Flax crops are in the boll fill stage with some early seeded crops starting to turn mainly because of lack of moisture.
Overall harvest progress in Manitoba sits at 3% complete which is on-par with the 5-year average.
