Some Manitoba Winter Wheat Yields Near 100 bu

Aug 11, 2023

The combining of fall rye and winter wheat continued this past week in Manitoba, with winter wheat in some cases yielding near 100 bu/acre, according to the latest weekly crop report.

Released Tuesday, the report estimated the provincial winter wheat harvest at around 60% complete, with fall rye about 30% done. Early yield reports on winter wheat are averaging around 65 bu/acre but some fields in the Interlake region reportedly approached 100 bu. Fall rye in the Interlake was coming off at 65-70 bu, the report said.

Meanwhile, other crops are advancing quickly to harvest. Spring cereal crops are in the intermediate to hard dough stage with the exception of very late seeded crops that were in soft dough. Disease pressure remains low due to the dry conditions this year, with levels of fusarium head blight in spring wheat expected to be low. A small number of ergot bodies have been found in some spring wheat fields.

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