flea beetles

Insect numbers low, flea beetles requiring some control in canola

Manitoba Insect & Disease Update for May 31

Insect pest concerns are currently low overall. There have been some insecticide applications for cutworms on corn and soybeans in the Central Region, and on peas and lentils in the Northwest. Some species of cutworms, such as dingy cutworm, have started to turn to pupae in some field. Cutworm staging can be quite variable depending on the dominant species

Seeding nearly complete at 90 per cent, Northwest areas slowed by wet conditions

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report for May 29, 2017

Moderate to cooler than normal temperatures last week. Strong southerly winds on Wednesday caused soil blowing and drifting on soils with dry topsoil and poor crop residue. Low to moderate rainfall amounts reported in most regions with the highest precipitation in the North West where some fields are excessively wet and will require days of


Insect levels seen low, stripe rust reported in winter wheat

Manitoba Insect & Disease Update for May 24

Insect pest concerns are currently low overall. There have been some insecticide applications for cutworms in the Northwest, and for flea beetles in canola in the Central and Northwest Regions. Striped rust has been reported from a winter wheat field; no other plant pathogen activity has been reported. Stripe rust overwinters in winter wheat Stripe rust was

Fair weather advances seeding, frost causes some damage to emerging crops

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report for May 22, 2017

Manitoba Agriculture – Dry and moderate weather conditions at the start of the week with cooler and rainier conditions for the latter part. About 10 to 30 mm of rain came on the weekend for most of the eastern half of the province. Seeding operation progressed well during the week. Rains reported in the Central,


Manitoba farmers making good seeding progress

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report for May 15, 2017

Manitoba Agriculture – Some rainfall received in most regions but at very low levels, only delaying seeding operations by a few hours to a day. All regions report good seeding progress made during the week with warmer temperatures and improving seedbed conditions. Approximately 50 to 60 per cent of seeding is done in Manitoba with

Weather cooperates, drying fields, improving seeding progress

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report for May 8, 2017

Manitoba Agriculture – Warm, dry and windy weather conditions prevailed across the province allowing for favourable drying of soil surface. More and more fields are accessible for field work and seeding operations to progress. Planting of cereal grains advanced the most. Field peas, canola and corn are also being planted. Many areas continue to report soil


Seeding underway in many parts of Manitoba

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report for May 1, 2017

Manitoba Agriculture – Favourable weather and field conditions have allowed seeding operations to get underway in many areas of Manitoba. Provincially, it is estimated that less than five per cent of the 2017 crop has been seeded. No meaningful precipitation received during the past week and soil surface conditions are drying nicely across the province.

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: No. 24

Final Report of 2016: Conditions as of October 17, 2016

Provincially, harvest in Manitoba is estimated at 92 per cent complete. Harvest of cereal crops and field peas is 99 per cent complete, canola and edible beans 95 per cent complete, soybeans 88 per cent complete, flax 50 per cent complete, and sunflowers and grain corn harvest at 20 to 25 per cent complete. Wet


Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: No. 23

Conditions as of October 3, 2016

Favourable weather conditions of warmer temperatures and minimal rainfall allowed for good harvest progress across most of Manitoba over the past week. Winter wheat and fall rye are emerging with excellent germination and stand establishment reported. Fall field work including post-harvest weed control, fall fertilizer applications, tillage and soil testing is on-going. Click here for

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: No. 22

Conditions as of September 26, 2016

Producers in Manitoba continue to harvest spring cereals, canola, flax, edible beans and soybeans. The first acres of sunflowers and grain corn were also harvested. However, harvest progress was slowed over the weekend due to rainfall. Winter wheat and fall rye is emerging with excellent germination and stand establishment reported. Fall field work including post-harvest