A good chunk of the grain corn harvest has been completed here in southeastern Manitoba. Producers are saying so far, so good. Lorne Loeppky of Niverville tells us they are two-thirds finished.
"The quality is excellent. There are maybe a few (bushel) weight issues in certain varieties but the quality looks real good and the bushels are tremendous considering the summer we had."
Marc Hutlet of Marc Hutlet Seeds in Ste. Anne says he is hearing about pretty good yields from clients and industry people.
"Lots of 100-120 (bushels per acre) and some fields, that managed to not get too much water pressure, 140-150 and a few guys hit over 165 on some exceptional fields."
Hutlet adds anything planted prior to May 20th has good yields and decent test weights. He says later corn will be a little lighter but still manageable. Hutlet estimates the grain corn harvest in the southeast is about 50% complete.
Loeppky says they need another week or two of nice weather to finish up. He notes, despite how things looked three months ago, this will end up being a good year for farmers.
"I think everybody was thinking doom and gloom and it`s turned out to be a fairly decent year."