Manitoba Crop Report - Week 28 Jul 2021

The province's weekly crop report notes drought concerns persist, with a downgraded yield outlook for most crops this week.

Farmers must contact MASC prior to putting crops to alternate use.

Multiple rural municipalities have declared agricultural states of disaster over the past month. Added over the past week were in Alonsa, Fisher, Grahamdale, Lakeshore, McCreary, Mossey River, North Cypress-Langford, Rockwood, Rosedale, Ste. Rose, and West Interlake.

Higher diesel and fertilizer prices are squeezing farm profit margins ahead of the midterm elections. Farmers in Iowa and Kansas discuss rising harvest costs, the war in Iran and whether those pressures will change their votes. Peter Tubbs reports on the debate over farm input costs and the differing political responses across the Corn Belt.