By Matthew Dekker
Drought concerns persist, according to this week’s Manitoba crop report.
But Manitoba Agriculture’s Dane Froese says there’s been a break from the intense heat we’ve been experiencing lately, thanks to wildfire smoke.
Froese notes there’s been a downgraded yield outlook for spring cereals, canola, and corn this week.
However, soybeans appear to be a brighter spot, with most crops assessed as fair to good throughout the province.
And first cut hay has largely finished, but there will be no second cut in most areas, unless significant August rains arrive.
By Matthew Dekker
Jun 29, 2021 | 5:50 PM
Many Manitoba crops are maturing faster than normal and moving into reproductive stages faster than expected, due to drought stress.
Manitoba Agriculture Oilseeds Specialist Dane Froese says producers are in desperate need of rain.
High temperatures, strong winds, and a lack of widespread rainfall, have combined to stress Manitoba crops.
Froese says herbicide applications are nearly complete, with some second-pass spraying to come in soybeans and corn.
Fungicide applications on cereals and canola are unlikely to occur on many fields, given the forecast and lower than expected yield potential.
And alfalfa weevil damage is causing forage crop yield losses in parts of the Eastern and Interlake regions.
By Ryan Young
Manitoba has issued its first weekly crop report of the year.
Manitoba Agriculture crop specialist Dane Froese says provincial seeding progress sits at 2 percent.
“Seeding progress has started mostly in the central region, particularly in the Red River Valley, and parts of eastern Manitoba in the Interlake and stretching into the southwest corner in the Melita area.” Froese said.
Froese says most farms are planning on starting seeding this week.
“We’re forecasted for some nice warm temperatures throughout the remainder of this week, so that’s really going to get the wheels turning out in the field, and we’ll see a lot of cereal seeding and pea seeding in the next few days.” he said.