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Manitoba Agriculture\nSeasonal Crop Summary<\/p>\n
Manitoba Agriculture
\nSeasonal Crop Summary<\/p>\n
October 14, 2026<\/p>\n
Northwest Region<\/strong> 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. <\/p>\n Pre-harvest glyphosate applications in spring wheat are wrapped up. Desiccation and swathing of canola have pretty much wrapped as well. <\/p>\n Fall rye and winter wheat harvest is complete. Seeding of winter cereals are complete and with recent moisture and heat are growing nicely. <\/p>\n Field pea harvest has been completed. Reported yields have been mixed, ranging from 30 to 50 bu\/acre on average. <\/p>\n 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 to 90 bu\/acre so far. <\/p>\n 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 to 35 bu\/ac. <\/p>\n Majority of the soybean crop is in late R7 to R8 stage and looking good where excess moisture hasn\u2019t delayed growth this spring. Harvest is approximately 25% complete across the region. <\/p>\n Provincial Overview<\/strong> Climate normals for total accumulated precipitation from May 1 to October 12 range from 269 mm to 423 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 well above normal for most of the Northwest, Southwest, and Interlake regions. Large portions of these areas have seen accumulations over 120% of normal. A few localized areas of the Interlake, Central and Eastern regions have seen accumulations below 90% of the 30-year average. <\/p>\n Total Accumulation of Growing Degree Days shows the accumulated growing degree days (GDD) for the period of May 1 \u2013 October 12, 2026. GDD accumulations ranged between 1441 and 2054 GDD so far this growing season. Most of southern Manitoba has accumulated more than 1800 GDD. Much of agro-Manitoba received frost on October 2. <\/p>\n
\nAnother 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. <\/p>\n
\nRain this week brought variable precipitation accumulations across Manitoba. Most of the southern portion of the province received 10 to 30 mm of rain. Large areas of the Interlake and Northwest regions saw accumulations of less than 5 mm over the past eight days. The highest accumulation of precipitation was at Cartwright with 31.3 mm. <\/p>\n