Weekend rain halts harvest in Manitoba
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Manitoba farmers were making good progress with harvest until rain brought activities to a halt.
In the weekly crop report, combining advanced substantially, reaching 79 per cent before rain shut everyone down.
Manitoba Agriculture Oilseed Specialist Sonia Wilson said the majority of spring cereals are in the bin. That includes spring wheat, barley, and oats. She said it’s the grain quality that is becoming more of a concern with the later harvest.
“In terms of the spring cereals we definitely have had these later fields being harvested, with the amount of moisture we received, having lower quality coming off, so, being downgraded due to some sprouting, especially with the moisture and weathering in general,” Wilson said. “In terms of actual yield, the yield was about average with some variations, if there are areas that had a lot of hail damage, etc., dipping to below average, but then some that were slightly above.”
