Crop quality decreasing with rains, severe sprouting seen in unharvested acres

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report for October 8

Southwest Region Another cool and wet week in the Southwest region. Rainfall was variable but enough to stop harvesting many days. Harvest operations resumed late Sunday into Tuesday. Harvest is about 60 per cent complete in general. Majority of areas south of #1 highway are close to 65 to 70 per cent done, while some

Will September’s wet weather continue?

You’d think it also would’ve been a colder-than-average September, but no

Last issue I talked about the rain — and no, it is not my fault that we received even more rain before the month of September was out, so quit blaming me! Now that the rainiest September on record for a large portion of southern Manitoba has come to an end, it’s time to take


Manitoba farmers haven’t given up on their 2019 crops yet, but a wet September saw harvest grind to a halt last week, including in this canola field near Altamont.

MASC says Manitoba farmers not giving up on harvest yet

Wet weather in September delayed Manitoba’s harvest, but there’s still time

Manitoba farmers aren’t giving up on the 2019 crop yet despite an especially wet September which, for the second consecutive year, has delayed harvest. “We’ve had very few calls from producers who have concluded their crop is in a spot where they can’t harvest it, or it’s not going to be worth harvesting,” David Van

By the numbers, the amounts of rainfall that fell in parts of Manitoba between Sept. 19-22 and a historical reference of several precipitation records that were broken.

Manitoba just came out of its wettest September in 100 years

Summer-like humidity led to a couple of record-warm overnights


With my new earlier deadline it’s just a bit too early for me to do my look back at the previous month’s weather, but I think it is pretty obvious what this week’s weather topic should be: rain. As I work away on this article late trying to beat my morning deadline, it’s raining once



Forecast: Hints of warmer and drier weather ahead

Covering the period from September 30 to October 9, 2019

It’s looking like the wet September weather is going to continue right up to the end of the month as a very winter-like weather pattern continues across the region. While the overall weather pattern is behaving much like a winter pattern, it’s missing one thing: cold air, or at least, unseasonably cold air. Last week’s


Cereals, canola hit the dryers, soybean yields seen lower than average

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report for October 1

Southwest region Cool and constant wet weather is stalling harvest progress. Rainfall amounts of 10 to 50 mm, majority falling during thunderstorms, which also resulted in hail. Snowfall is also reported in northern parts of the region and near the Saskatchewan border. Lodging in canola and other crops is common. Overnight temperatures ranged from zero

... 22 locations (last week) broke records for their warmest overnight lows, thanks, in part, to the unusually high humidity levels. – Daniel Bezte.

Warm start, but does a cold end to winter lie ahead?

Several longer-range weather models call for above-average temperatures in November

After enduring a short-lived but fairly intense early-fall heat wave across nearly all of Manitoba last week, maybe it is — or maybe it isn’t — an appropriate time to take our first in-depth look at the latest fall and winter forecasts for the Canadian Prairies. Before we dig into the long-range forecasts I think


Forecast: Up-and-down weather ahead

Covering the period from September 23 to October 2, 2019

I’m starting to see a bit of a trend in these forecasts since I began having an earlier deadline. Understandably, the first half of the forecast is playing out pretty well, but then the timings and locations of systems start to drift off as we get further into the future. With that said, the first

Harvest progress in Manitoba slowed by widespread rainfall

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report for September 24

Southwest Region Severe thunderstorms with hail and heavy rains fell over the last week and on the weekend. Rainfall has prolonged harvest, which is already delayed from earlier high moisture conditions. Other than Russell area, most districts received 30 to 110 mm rainfall. Brandon, Boissevain, and Mountainside all received greater than 100 mm. Frequent rains