The latest Manitoba crop report suggests 93 percent of spring seeding is complete, province-wide.
However, the Northwest region is nowhere near that amount.
A challenging week in the Northwest region with slower seeding progress.
There were cooler temperatures and frequent showers throughout the week, followed by intense precipitation and storms in parts of the region.
Storms over the weekend caused damage in fields and roads/bridges washed out in the Swan Valley and San Clara region.
Seeding progress is at a standstill for most of the region with recent precipitation events.
There are still unseeded acres across the region.
While most fields are saturated, areas that received localized high amounts of precipitation are currently holding water.
Winter wheat and Fall Rye are in mostly good condition, with some winterkill reported recently.
Spring wheat seeding continued in most of the region where possible.
Earliest seeded wheat is in the seedling stage.
Overall spring wheat seeding is approximately 80% complete.
Field Pea seeding also continued.
Seeding is approximately 95% complete across the region, with earliest seeded fields in VS-V1 stage.
Canola seeding is underway as conditions allow.
Canola seeding is approximately 65% complete.
Soybean seeding is considered complete across the region as the deadline is passed in part of the region and approaching in the rest.
Early seeded soybeans have emerged.
Southwest
Hot, humid conditions this past weekend saw temperatures more than 10°C above normal.
Thunderstorms developed over the weekend, with reports of minor hail in Waskada, along the Saskatchewan border, and in northern areas such as Rossburn, Forrest and Minnedosa.
Significant moisture was received across the region; however, most of it came from sudden storm events, resulting in standing water in fields in some locations.
Winter wheat is at flag leaf stage while fall rye is beginning to head out.
Spring cereal seeding is approximately 95% complete, with crops emerging and reaching up to the 5-leaf stage.
Corn seeding is complete, with plants at the V2–V3 growth stage.
Early seeded flax is approximately 3 inches tall.
Canola seeding is also 90% complete, with crops emerging and reaching the early 2-leaf stage.
Sunflowers are at V2 stage.
Peas are at the 4-node stage.
Soybean seeding is 95% complete, with earliest fields at just emerging to the unifoliate stage.
