The Manitoba Crop Alliance is giving an update on the province's corn crop.
Morgan Cott is an Agronomy Extension Specialist with the organization.
"It's looking decent. It's getting a lot closer to maturity now. I'm estimating that stages range from about just forming a milk line, I've seen some fields that are actually at black layer physiological maturity...Fields are uneven though of course, so they'll need a little extra time to mature fully and dry down to a consistent moisture level."
Cott notes some corn plants are staying a little greener longer than expected, especially in the shorter areas, which would be expected to dry down quite quickly because of their size. She adds they're starting to fire off a little bit on the bottom leaves but generally the plants are hanging on a lot longer than expected.