Some crops struggle with wet fields

Jul 2, 2026 | 10:16 AM

Damage from intense rain earlier this week in Manitoba will be assessed over the next few days.

Manitoba Agriculture released its weekly crop report Tuesday, and Dennis Lange, pulse and soybean specialist and editor of the report, said isolated thunderstorms brought hail, strong winds, intense rain and possible tornadoes to most of the province over the past seven days.

“Monday afternoon, or late Monday evening there was a major weather system that moved through the southwest and northwest areas. From Jun. 29th from 6 a.m. to Jun. 30, a period covering 31 hours, storms brought some excessive rain to the southwest in the Boissevain area as well as the northwest regions in St. Rose and Fork River area,” Lange said.

In addition to the heavy rain, winds were recorded at 80 kilometres an hour.

Lange said crops had been progressing nicely before the storm, now its a waiting game to see how the crops respond.

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“A lot of it will depend on which crop it is and also a lot will depend on how quickly the water drains off in some of those areas that got highly affected by that excessive rainfall,” he said.

Areas in the northwest have accumulated more than 150 per cent of their normal precipitation while areas in the southern Interlake near Stonewall have accumulated almost 250 per cent of normal.

“Up until this last rainfall, parts of the southwest around Killarney and areas in the eastern region are under 80 per cent of the 30-year average precipitation for this season. That will change in next week’s report.”

Lange said excess moisture can stress crops.

“But, the biggest thing right now is for the water to drain away and to see what kind of crop we have left.”

This report is for the week ending June 28.

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alice.mcfarlane@pattisonmedia.com

by Alice McFarlane

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