Cereal Harvest Underway

Aug 06, 2021

Manitoba's cereal harvest is underway.

Mallorie Lewarne is an agronomy extension specialist with the Manitoba Crop Alliance.

"I would say winter wheat harvest is in full swing, it's a little bit early for any yield reports yet, so hopefully we hear more on that by early next week," she said. "As far as spring wheat and barley, I believe harvest has begun in the south central area of the province, in those early planted fields. I don't have any yield estimates to report yet, just that yield is highly variable within individual fields. I have heard a few reports of producers that won't be able to swath their cereals as there isn't enough straw to hold up the swath."

Lewarne says cereal harvest is starting early this year due to the hot, dry conditions.

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