Manitoba Crops Advancing; Harvest Nearing

Manitoba crops are quickly advancing, with winter cereals, as well as oats, peas, and spring wheat, likely to start coming off in the next week or so. 

Winter cereal crops continued to dry down over the last week with producers applying pre-harvest herbicides or swathing as crop seed moisture content allowed, said the latest weekly crop report on Tuesday. If the weather is conducive to continued drydown, harvesting will begin within the next seven days, it added. 

In the Central region near Carman, both oats spring wheat – which is rated mostly fair to good across the province - have seen rapid dry down due to the lack of moisture. Spring wheat in these areas could be harvested in the next week to 10 days, the report said.