Harvest sees rain delay, cereal crops and canola nearly complete

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report for September 18

Rain fell throughout the province, delaying harvest operations towards the end of the week and over the weekend. Spring cereal and canola harvest is nearing completion in most areas. Flax, soybean, edible bean, and silage corn harvest is ongoing. Some areas reported frost on Sunday night. Frost in the Interlake was light, while areas in


Ripe soybeans near Morden, Man. on Sept. 14, 2017. (Allan Dawson photo)

Manitoba’s soybean harvest well underway

Soybeans are being harvested in the heart of Manitoba’s traditional soybean belt, but as of Thursday, there were still fields a week or more away from the combine depending on the weather. The variability underscores differences in maturity among varieties and seeding dates. Dry, warm weather until now has helped ripen soybean crops across agricultural

Editorial: Let’s all stay safe at harvest-time

There are few industries that feature a concentrated and ongoing effort like harvest time on a farm. The culmination of an entire season’s work rests on your efforts between now and the arrival of winter. It really is sometimes now or never. That was certainly the case at times on our family’s operation. My hometown


Farmers are reporting bumper yields early this harvest season, despite a drier-than-normal growing season.

Bumper yields reported despite dry growing season

Manitoba’s harvest is off to a strong start with good weather and surprisingly good early yields

Despite a drier-than-normal growing season some Manitoba farmers are surprised — and delighted — by better-than-expected yields. “I figured my wheat would do 50 or 60 (bushels an acre) and then a month went by and I felt it might do a little bit better than that,” Starbuck farmer Chuck Fossay said in an interview

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Diesel prices could rise further in Harvey’s wake

CNS Canada — Diesel prices in Western Canada have risen by about six to seven cents a litre since Hurricane Harvey ravaged the petroleum-rich Texas coast. An expert with the fuel industry says harvest pressure will likely keep the diesel market from correcting downward, and push prices up a bit more. “So (the market) appears



Cereal harvest making good progress, flax, soybean harvests take off

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report for September 5

Harvest continues across the province with good progress being made in cereal crops and canola. Flax, soybeans, and edible beans are starting to be harvested. Yield reports to date: barley 75-120 bu/acre, oat 90-190 bu/acre, spring wheat 55-100 bu/acre, field pea 50-90 bu/acre, canola 40-65 bu/acre, flax 35-45 bu/acre, pinto bean 1800-2000 lb/acre, cranberry bean