Farmers now have 76 per cent of the provincial crop in the bin

Cereal Crop Specialist Anne Kirk says the spring cereal harvest is almost done with 97 per cent of the spring wheat in and 98 per cent of the barley and oat crops now complete.

"Field peas are complete, canola is about 78 per cent complete, soybeans we have at 41 per cent, dry beans at 84 per cent and the grain corn harvest has just started in the central region and we're estimating that at about five per cent complete."

This week's crop report from Manitoba Agriculture shows the flax harvest is at  22 per cent complete with yields running 20 to 25 bu/acre, while sunflowers are at the R9 stage, with desiccation taking place on a number of acres.