After running behind for weeks, the Manitoba harvest has finally now caught up to the average pace.
The latest weekly provincial crop report on Wednesday showed the Manitoba harvest at 90% complete, up from 79% a week earlier and now just a single point behind the five-year average. As recently as the beginning of October, the harvest was running as much as three weeks behind the normal pace amid late-developing crops and persistent damp, overcast conditions.
Harvest is wrapping up or done in many areas of southern Manitoba, and fall fieldwork, tillage, fertilizer application and drainage is underway, the report said. However, some canola remains unharvested in parts of the Southwest, Eastern, and Interlake regions where late seeding has resulted in late-harvested crops, which have been slow to dry down and condition for longer-term storage, “leaving those producers frustrated with harvest delays.”
Corn harvest has started and is most advanced in the Red River Valley of the Central region. Yields are reported between 150 to 200 bu/acre on average.
Wheat harvest is virtually complete across the province. Yields have generally been average to above average, with very good grain quality for the bulk of the crop, but with some downgrading occurring on the late-harvested grain affected by rains and high humidity and frost.
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