Potato harvest in Manitoba is nearly half done, according to Vikram Bisht with Manitoba Agriculture. He expects about 95 per cent of growers should wrap things up by the end of next week.
"It is very beautiful harvesting conditions," he said, adding the soil as just enough moisture in most places and the daytime highs are nice and warm as compared to the last two years where producers were harvesting in freezing temperatures.
While Bisht says temperatures in the high 20s early in the week are almost too hot for the crop at this time of year, he is pleased to see that the mercury will dip lower by the end of the week.
Meantime, Bisht notes summer heat and a lack of moisture in most areas has contributed to lower-than-expected yields. Early estimates peg yields at 450 bags-to-an-acre in well-maintained, irrigated fields.
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