Manitoba Seeding Passes Halfway Mark

Manitoba seeding has advanced past the halfway mark, even as portions of the province received large amounts of precipitation. 

Wednesday’s Manitoba crop report pegged seeding across the province at 57% complete, up from 33% the previous week and ahead 47% last year and 45% for the five-year average. 

Manitoba received some “much-needed” precipitation over the past eight days, the report said, with amounts ranging from just 3.2 mm all the way up to 88.5 mm for the Morden area. Variable temperatures over the week resulted in mixed precipitation in some areas, including ice pellets and snow, it added. 

Some overland flooding was reported in low-lying areas of fields in the Southwest region. Parts of the Interlake region also reported standing water in fields after the rainfall. 

Most of the spring wheat acres have been seeded across the regions, with the Northwest sitting at 80% complete. Oats and barley are almost complete in Central, Eastern, and Interlake, with more acres still to go in the Southwest and Northwest regions. Corn is reported about halfway planted across the province, with the earliest seeded fields emerging and growing quickly due to the early accumulation of growing degree days. 

Canola is estimated at 30% seeded across the province. Sunflowers are over 80% complete, with flax also sitting at close to 30%. 

Field pea seeding is basically complete, at 96%. Soybeans are 40% complete across the province. A few acres of dry beans have been seeded.