Manitoba Agriculture
Seasonal Crop Summary
October 6, 2026
Northwest Region
Another week of good fall weather allowed for continued harvest progress. Most of the region received frost to varying degrees. Birch River and Ruthenia station recorded lowest overnight temperatures at -3.2 degrees. There are reports of sprouting in some crops. Some low areas in fields continue to hold water. Post harvest operations have been occurring as conditions improve and dry up.
Pre-harvest glyphosate applications in spring wheat are wrapped up. Desiccation and swathing of canola have pretty much wrapped as well.
Fall rye and winter wheat harvest is complete. Seeding of winter cereals is complete and with recent moisture and heat are growing nicely.
Field pea harvest is complete. Reported yields have been mixed, ranging from 30-50 bu/ac. on average.
Spring wheat harvest is approximately 85% complete across the region. Reported yields have been mixed, depending on how the crop fared through the season. Yields range from 50-90 bu/ac. so far.
There was good progress on canola harvest this week, with approximately 70% of the crop harvested. Yields have been average to below average for the most part. Reported yields so far have averaged 25-35 bu/ac.
Provincial Overview
Rain this week brought variable precipitation accumulations across Manitoba. Southern regions along the US border in the East and Central regions received between 5 and 30 mm of rain. The Interlake and Northwest regions saw accumulations of less than 1 mm over the past seven days. The highest accumulation of precipitation was at Gardenton with 32.9 mm.
Climate normals for total accumulated precipitation from May 1 to October 4 range from 261 mm to 404 mm and are based on 30-year historical data. Since May 1, large areas of the Northwest and Southwest regions have accumulated more than 380 mm of precipitation. Seasonal accumulations
are above normal for most of the Northwest, Southwest, and Interlake regions. Large areas of these regions have seen accumulations over 130% of normal. A few localized areas of the Interlake, Central and Eastern regions have seen accumulations below 90% of the 30-year average.
Total Accumulation of Growing Degree Days shows the accumulated growing degree days (GDD) for the period of May 1 – October 4, 2026. GDD accumulations ranged between 1419 and 2006 GDD so far this growing season. Most of southern Manitoba has accumulated more than 1750 GDD. Much of agro-Manitoba received frost on October 2.