Manitoba Crop Report

Manitoba Agriculture says harvest completion across all regions of the province has reached 21%, ahead of the 4-year average of 14% for the third week of August.

Crops rated good constitute 44% of the total acreage, down 1% from last week.

Cooler conditions helped some crops recover slightly at the beginning of the week, but soil moisture from last week’s rain was immediately used up during the extreme heat over the weekend and into Monday.

Cereal harvest is rapidly progressing; nearing 40% complete for spring wheat, with barley and oats slightly ahead.

The Interlake region is the furthest in harvest completion, at 37% done, followed by the Central (33%), and Eastern (27%) regions. The Southwest region sits at 14% harvest completion, while the Northwest is at 8% done.

Canola crops are facing some of the poorest growing conditions in the past decade or more. Farmers are expecting average yields to drop to 10-year lows due to continued environmental and insect stresses.

Producers continue to make greenfeed and determine end use for damaged and drought-affected grain crops.