Farmers Turn Attention To Cereals As Fields Dry Up

Sep 01, 2014

Wet weather over the past week had a significant impact on the harvest situation.

Ingrid Kristjanson, farm production advisor with Manitoba Agriculture, says there was a fair bit of swathing of canola that went on before the rain, but she notes that a lot of producers were holding off on the cereals.

"Because of that forecast for three or four days of rain, most folks were holding off on swathing the cereals," she said. "[They] didn't want stuff on the ground if we were going to be getting a heavy rainfall."

Kristjanson notes the recent moisture will be beneficial to help fill in the later maturing crops such as soybeans, corn, and sunflowers.

She says once conditions dry up, cereals will be the focus of most farmers, with canola not far behind.

There has been good progress on oats and most of the barely has been taken off as well.

Source: PortageOnline

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