Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm — Harvest operations across Manitoba are nearly complete, with only sunflowers and corn still left to come off the fields, according to the latest provincial crop report for the week ended Oct. 22.
The total harvest hit 95 per cent complete, with the majority of fall field work also finished. Of the major crops, an estimated one per cent of the province’s canola and two per cent of the soybeans were left to be harvested. The sunflower and corn harvests should wrap up over the next few weeks, sitting at 39 and 55 per cent complete respectively.
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Yields came in above average for many grain crops, with winter wheat ranging from 60 to 90 bushels per acre, spring wheat at 60 to 95 bu./ac., barley at 80 to 120 bu./ac. and oats at 110 to 180 bu./ac. That compares with the averages for those grains of 55 bu./ac. for winter wheat, 60 bu./ac. for spring wheat, 74 bu./ac. for barley and 102 bu./ac. for oats. Quality was generally described as good.
Canola yields were variable across the province ranging from 25 to 65 bu./ac. That compares with the five-year average of 39 bu./ac. High moisture and humidity led to disease issues for canola in parts of the province. Average flax yields varied by region, averaging between 25 to 30 bu./ac. which would be right in line with the five-year average.
Average pea yields in 2024 ranged from 40 to 60 bu./ac., which compares with the five-year average of 50 bu./ac. Soybean yields ranged from 34 to 65 bu./ac., with a provincial average around 40 bu./ac. That compares with the five-year average for soybeans of 35 bu./ac.
Dry bean yields ranged from 500 to 3,000 pounds per acre, with the provincial average for 2024 expected to be slightly higher than the five-year provincial average of 1,700 lbs per acre.
