Manitoba Agriculture
Crop Report
August 13, 2024
Northwest Region
A cooler and wet week for most of the region, with warmer conditions towards the weekend. Most areas received precipitation with The Pas station receiving the least at 3 mm and Rorketon receiving the most with 43 mm. The lowest overnight temperature was 3.8 degrees at Ruthenia station.
Winter wheat and fall rye crops are moving towards grain ripening. Spring wheat is in the dough development stage, with most of the crop in the soft and hard dough stages. Later seeded fields continue to catch up. Some advanced fields have received pre-harvest glyphosate.
Most field peas are in the R5 to R6 stage with the remainder of the crop closely behind. Earliest fields have reached the stage of desiccation with harvest beginning on a few fields.
The majority of the canola crop has completed flowering. Some later seeded crops in the Dauphin area continue to wrap up flowering.
Soybeans are in the R3 to R5 stage and looking good. Recent heat has helped advanced the crop
Provincial Overview
Harvest continues in fall rye and winter wheat, and has started in spring wheat, barley, and peas. Yield reports are preliminary at this stage. Most spring cereals are at hard dough to physiological maturity. Corn fields range from silking to milk stage, with the latest fields at tasseling. The earliest seeded canola crops are well into ripening and seed colour change, with some swathing and pre-harvest applications occurring. Sunflowers range from R4 (inflorescence beginning to open) to R5.9 (90% flower), with the earliest fields completed flowering and starting seed development. The earliest peas are at physiological maturity, and harvest has started. Soybeans are in the R3 (beginning pod) to R5 (beginning seed) stages, with the majority at R4 (full pod).