Harvest is underway!

Harvest operations are underway in the province with three per cent of the crop in the bin.

That's on par with the five-year average

Anne Kirk, the province's cereal crop specialist says a general rain delayed the harvest last week but things are back on track.

"On average, we have probably about 70 per cent of the winter cereals harvested. Maybe about five per cent of our spring wheat harvested, barley and oats are just starting to harvest, and our field peas are estimated at about 22 per cent of the acres harvested. So we have a good start and then if we continue to have some dry weather, we'll see big harvest progress over the next week."

The recent rainfall has helped to alleviate stress in the corn, soybean, and dry bean crops, that stress was associated with a lack of rainfall.

This week's crop report shows early yield reports for winter wheat are averaging about 60 bushels an acre. 

Cereal crops remain in fair to mostly good condition with the majority of the spring cereal harvest reported to be in the central region right now.

Corn is mostly in the R3 to R4 growth stages, with the most advanced crops at R5. 

Canola is mostly in the pod fill stage, with some fields starting to turn, and desiccation and swathing starting on a limited number of acres. 

Soybean fields are mostly in the R5 to R6 growth stages. 

Producers are encouraged to scout their fields for weeds that have escaped control, and just a reminder that waterhemp has been found in the Central and Eastern regions of the province. 

You can check out the regional crop information from Manitoba's Weekly Crop Report below