A week of good harvest was interrupted by rain showers over the weekend, halting harvest operations in some areas.
The weekly crop report shows areas of central and eastern Manitoba saw between 50 and 70 millimeters of rain between August 29 and September 5. Manitoba Agriculture cereal specialist Pam de Rocquigny says harvest progress and field conditions vary across the province, partly due to the moisture, but also due to other factors over the growing season.
"Seeding dates often come into play, too, in terms of when crops are ready for harvest," she says. "We're seeing a little bit of variability, where some areas producers are finished their spring cereals, but in other areas, it's well underway and definitely over that 50 per cent mark, but they're not quite complete yet."
As farmers work around rainfall and wet fields, longer season crops are coming along well, according to the crop report. It says grain corn, sunflowers, and soybeans are maturing quickly, and de Rocquigny notes soybean acres have changed quite a bit over the past week.
Source : Portageonline