Manitoba Agriculture
Seasonal Crop Summary
June 16, 2026
Northwest Region
Challenges continue across the region while high water levels recede and fields that were inundated attempt to dry up. Areas that missed the recent precipitation events and overland flooding continue to advance. There was a small amount of seeding progress through the week where conditions allowed. The entire region received precipitation this week with the Rorketon station recording highest accumulated amount of 54.4mm. Amaranth station received the least amount at 7.4mm. Temperatures varied for the week with a mix of warm and cool days.
Highest daytime temperature was at The Pas station recording 29 degrees. Overnight temperatures cooled off, with Inglis station recording an overnight low of 1.6 degrees.
Areas that were hardest hit in the Swan Valley, including Minitonas continue to recover and assess damage where possible. Fields that were inundated for several days have receded leaving behind varying damage. Physical damage to fields including erosion, deposition of silt, cuts, washouts and movement of soil, while some fields show symptoms of crop damage including excess moisture stress. Across the entire region, areas that have received continuous precipitation are under saturated conditions and are seeing symptoms of excess moisture as well. Saturated conditions will also pose challenges to complete seeding and/or reseed on time. Seeding progress will depend on access to fields.
Excess moisture and high winds, as well as road washouts/infrastructure damage have created challenges for timely herbicide applications.
Field pea seeding is complete and where conditions are good, crops are advancing nicely. Stages range from seedling to V5.
Spring wheat seeding is approximately 85-90% complete. Crop stages range from seedling to pre-tiller.
Canola seeding is approximately 75% complete across the region. Stages range from emergence to 4 leaf.
Herbicide applications have occurred where conditions and stages allow.
Soybean seeding is complete. Soybeans are at approximately unifoliate to first trifoliate stage.
Weather Report
Unprecedented weather events occurred over several regions of agro Manitoba over the past week. Following a stormy weekend, severe, long
lived, thunderstorms swept along the Southern and Interlake regions of the province June 9 and 10. These storms brought strong winds, hail, intense lightning, extreme rain, and tornadoes. Two tornadoes were confirmed on June 9: one near Ste. Anne and one near Dufrost.
Record-setting precipitation fell on parts of the southern Interlake and Eastern regions. Infrastructure and roads were damaged, rivers swelled,
basements flooded, there were wide-spread power outages, and overland flooding caused extensive flooding of cropping areas. States of emergency were declared in more than 10 municipalities due to damage and flooding. Areas hit hardest with rainfall include Stonewall, Petersfield, Teulon, Woodlands, Dugald, and Elie.
Climate normals for total accumulated precipitation from May 1 to June 14 range from 69.2 mm to 133.0 mm and are based on 30-year historical
data. Since May 1, the large portions of the Northwest, Interlake, and Eastern regions have accumulated more than 80 mm of precipitation.
Recent precipitation events have brought seasonal accumulations well above normal for the Interlake and Northwest regions. Areas of the
Northwest have accumulated more that 150% of normal precipitation while areas of the southern Interlake near Stonewall have accumulated more
than 250% of normal precipitation. Areas south of Riding Mountain National Park and the Red River Valley are near or slightly above normal
precipitation accumulations since May 1. Majority of the Southwest is still below normal at under 70% of the 30-year average precipitation so far.