Manitoba Agriculture said in its latest report for the Southwest region that it was a “slow week of harvest as rains and foggy cool weather kept producers out of the field until later last week and weekend.
Producers continued with pre-harvest on cereals and started on the canola crop. Some swathing was still happening as producers tried to work with uneven crop maturity. The harvest continued towards the end of the week with producers still working on peas and cereal harvest. Producers are starting to see a quality difference as mature crops showed some weathering in the sample.
In general, crops look average with average yields and good quality. Areas west of 83 highway from Miniota to Reston and through to Pierson are reporting below average yields because of the dry conditions.
Fall rye and winter wheat harvest is pretty much complete in most areas in the Southwest, and yields look to be average with good quality. Producers are starting to plan on winter cereals for 2024.
Most of the pea harvest is complete, but the remaining crop has been difficult to harvest as the ground was wet. Damp conditions made for late starts and early shut downs. Yield looks to be average with good quality around 45 to 50 bu/acre.
Producers resumed harvesting of spring wheat later this past week. In most cases producers are harvesting tough grain, and are drying or putting it in aeration bins. Yields look to be average to slightly above average with good test weight and protein on the early harvested fields. Recent rains and foggy weather has not affected seed quality so far.
Barley quality and yields are reporting average yields with some yellowing of the kernels. Swathed crops are taking longer to dry after the rain. The oat harvest continued and yields look to be average, the sample is showing effects of the recent moisture.
Most of the canola crop is starting to turn and is in the seed color change stage. Some producers have started swathing and some pre-harvest was done on canola crops later in the week. Early seeded canola and canola in the dry areas has been harvested, but the acreage complete is small.
Soybeans are at R6 to R7 stage. Recent rain has helped pod fill and later seeded soybeans. Some late weed growth (especially volunteer canola) has occurred in areas where the stands are thin.
Corn is in the R4 to R5 stage early dent. Crop has managed the dry conditions well, good height reported in many fields.
The full crop report is available here Province of Manitoba | agriculture – Seasonal Reports (gov.mb.ca)
