Manitoba Agriculture
Seasonal Crop Summary
July 29, 2025
Northwest Region
A smoky start to the week, with temperatures climbing near the weekend. Parts of the region received precipitation, with Ethelbert station receiving highest accumulated amount at 23.2 mm. Soil moisture and water resources continue to decline with lack of precipitation. Most crops would still benefit from rain.
Where moisture has been limited and/or lighter soils, crops are showing symptoms of stress.
Fall rye and winter wheat crops moved into the hard dough stage. Pre-harvest applications have started in crops that reached appropriate stages.
Spring wheat crops are mostly in the late milk/early soft dough stage, while the remainder of spring wheat crops follow behind.
Field peas are mostly in the R4-R5, with a few advanced fields into the R6 stage.
Canola crops continue to be varied across the region. Depending on seeding date and moisture conditions for germination, crop stages differ greatly. While most advanced fields are in seed development stage, the remainder follows behind in flowering stage. Recent high temperatures have caused some pod abortion.
Soybean crops are mostly looking good and are at the late R3 stage.
Provincial Overview
There was rainfall across the province this week, accumulations ranging from 0 to 53.8 mm. The heaviest rain occurred on the 22. Rainfall occurred in all regions with the Central and Eastern regions receiving the highest amounts. Steinbach received 43.35 mm and St. Pierre received 39.89 mm of rain on the July 22. The highest amount of rainfall from July 21 – 27 was at Deloraine with 61.2 mm.
Climate normals for total accumulated precipitation from May 1 to July 27 range from 174.2 mm to 265.3 mm and are based on 30-year historical data. The majority of the Southwest and Central regions have accumulated more than 100 mm this growing season. The Northwest, and Interlake regions have large areas of accumulations below 50% of normal.
Percent Normal Accumulated Growing Degree Days represents the variation of accumulated Growing Degree Days (GDD) from the historical record over a 30-year period from May 1 – July 27, 2025. Above normal temperatures early in the season have resulted in GDD Accumulations between 100% and 115% of normal for the majority of agro-Manitoba.
To find interactive soil temperature/moisture and air temperature information see Agri-Maps Current Weather viewer.