Manitoba Agriculture
Seasonal Crop Summary
May 13, 2025
Northwest Region
High temperatures to start the week allowed for good seeding progress. Precipitation and lower temperatures towards the end of the week, paused operations.
Fall Rye and Winter Wheat crops are looking good and in the tillering stage.
Spring wheat seeding continued across the region and is approximately 80% complete. Earlier seeded fields are emerging.
Field pea seeding is approximately 85% complete across the region. Earliest seeded fields are emerging.
Soybean seeding continues and is approximately 65-70% complete.
Canola seeding is underway in the region and is approximately 25% complete. There are some early seeded fields that have emerged.
Provincial Overview
Agro-Manitoba received some much needed precipitation over the past eight days. Isolated events brought variable rain accumulations throughout the province. Variable temperatures over the week resulted in mixed precipitation in some areas including ice pellets and snow. Precipitation for the past week ranged from 3.2 mm to 88.5 mm with most regions receiving more than 10 mm. Morden (88.5) mm received the most precipitation.
Climate normals for total accumulated precipitation from May 1 to May 19 range from 21.6 mm to 44.8 mm and are based on 30-year historical data. Accumulations over the past eight days brought seasonal accumulations closer to normal in most areas. The East and eastern portions of the Interlake have accumulations under 70% of normal. Accumulations in the Southwest and parts of the Central regions are more than 150% of the 30-year average since May 1.
• To find interactive soil temperature/moisture and air temperature information see Agri-Maps Current Weather viewer.
• Provincial seeding progress is about 57% complete, as compared to the five-year average of 45%