Ontario Spring Cereal Harvest Nears Completion

The spring cereals harvest in Ontario was winding down as favourable weather conditions allowed producers to make significant combining progress, according to the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs department's field crop update for the week ended August 26, but only released late on August 27.

Good oat and barley yields from the cereal harvest were being reported. Spring wheat continues to be below or only at average yields in 2010 and generally the later harvested wheat has higher fusarium levels, the report said.

Ontario's canola harvest was over 50% complete with good seed quality. Yields have been above average to phenomenal with some growers reporting their highest yields ever, the report said.

Early planted corn fields in Ontario were advancing quickly with the harvest of silage corn underway in some regions of the province, the report said.