Harvest in Manitoba over 95 per cent complete, winter cereals in very good shape

Harvest in Manitoba over 95 per cent complete, winter cereals in very good shape

Conditions as of October 12, 2015

Provincially, harvest in Manitoba is over 95 per cent complete. Edible beans and field pea harvest is 100 per cent complete, spring cereal crops are 99 per cent complete, canola 98 per cent complete, flax and soybeans 85 per cent complete, sunflowers 50 per cent complete and grain corn 45 per cent complete. Crop yields




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