Provincial harvest continues to wrap-up; farmers enjoying fall weather

No significant rain in the region last week is allowing producers a good opportunity to finish the harvest.  

The latest crop report shows precipitation for the past week ranging from 0mm to 15.1mm at Vivian, north of Ste. Anne, Manitoba and 10.6mm at Morris.  

Provincial Pulp and Soybean Specialist, and Editor of the Crop Report, Dennis Lange says that the rain that has fallen hasn’t affected the harvest progress at all over the last week.  

Lange notes that the provincial harvest is nearing completion.  

“Well, right now we're sitting about 93% complete across the province. Cereal crops are pretty much wrapped up. Field peas are wrapped up. Canola sitting at about 98%, and the Northwest region is trailing behind a little bit, sitting at 92%. Soybeans right now are sitting at 93% complete across the province, with the northwest and eastern sitting at 85%, and Interlake sitting at 90, where the central region is sitting at 99% and just a little bit left to go.” 

“The dry bean harvest, that's mostly in central and a little bit in Western as well, but we're sitting about 99% complete. They had a really good week of harvest there, and I think pretty much everything's wrapped up. The crops that are still out there, the ones that need a bit more time are the sunflowers, which are sitting at 22% complete, that's across the province with the central region being 35% complete, and grain corn, right now we're sitting at 39% complete across the province with the central region at 50% complete, and the Interlake region at 60% complete.”