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Manitoba Crop Report

Manitoba Agriculture says crops are generally in average to good condition.
 
Disease pressure for sclerotinia continues to be higher, depending on the risk factors.
 
Hay and forage yields have been variable, while regrowth has been good in much of the province.
 
Grasshoppers are a concern in cereal and soybean fields. Armyworms are noted in fall rye, spring cereals, and perennial ryegrass.
 
High winds and driving rain have lodged some cereal and corn crops in the Altona to Morris area.
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