Agriculture Roundup for Friday May 27, 2022
MELFORT, Sask. — It’s day by day and field by field as Manitoba producers struggle to get their 2022 crop in the ground.
The province was hit by heavy rains last week which slowed seeding. The latest crop report said farmers are adjusting their plans to find drier fields, switched the intended planting order, and harrowing or tilling ahead of the seeders to dry the soil.
Provincial seeding progress is at 10 per cent which is well behind the five-year average of 77 per cent for week 20.
Farmers are extremely concerned about the seeding delays and are changing from corn or soybeans to canola and spring wheat, while planned field pea acres have dropped in some parts of the southwest in favour of more canola.