Manitoba harvest ahead of normal
MANITOBA – Harvest progress in Manitoba is slightly ahead of normal, according to the latest crop report from Manitoba Agriculture.
Farmers have 70 per cent of the crop in the bin, slightly ahead of the three-year average of 68 per cent.
Crop specialist Dane Froese said harvest is going well with the cereal and pea harvest nearly complete and farmers working on canola.
“Producers had a really good start and made significant progress with the canola harvest particularly in the south west and north west regions where a lot of that crop was seeded a little bit later or had some environmental struggles throughout the summer,” Froese said. “We’re seeing some nice warm harvest conditions despite the frost earlier in the week.”