Glacier FarmMedia – Planting progress in Manitoba advanced a little bit during the week ended May 7, with four per cent of the province’s crops in the ground. With the bulk of the seeding in the central region, that’s up two points from the previous week but five behind the five-year average. However, this time last year there was no reportable seeding in the province.
Rain across the province ranged from 20 to 35 millimeters in the southwest, four to 35 mm in the northwest, 20 to 25 mm in the Interlake, 14 to 30 mm in the central, and five to 35 mm in the east. Daytime highs in some areas were upwards to the low 20 degrees Celsius, otherwise cooler temperatures dominated.
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Manitoba Agriculture said germination has started in a number of regions with only a little bit of emergence reported.
Spring wheat and barley planted reached nine per cent finished across Manitoba. That translated into 12 per cent in central region, with the northwest at 10 per cent, the southwest between eight to 10 per cent, the east at five per cent, and the Interlake at two per cent.
Meanwhile winter wheat and fall rye achieved a survival rate of 80 to 90 per cent province-wide with reports of 95 per cent in the east and only a few instances of winterkill in the northwest.
Field peas were reported to be 11 per cent in the ground, with the northwest well ahead of the other regions at 25 per cent done, the central at 12 per cent, and the southwest at seven per cent. There has been some sowing of soybeans but only where soil conditions are suitable enough.
Also, small amounts of corn, canola and potatoes have been planted in some areas of Manitoba, with most of them in the central region.
Manitoba Ag reported alfalfa may have incurred some damage from earlier icy conditions. Pastures are said to be greening up along with hay fields.
— Glen Hallick reports for MarketsFarm from Winnipeg
