In Season 08.30.10
Winter wheat and fall rye harvests have been completed in southwest Manitoba with yields average to above average with average quality. Spring wheat harvest is underway with lower yields due to fusarium head blight infection and excess moisture. Barley harvest is just starting in northern areas and 60% complete in the south with yields to date ranging 40-80 bushels/acre. Most canola has been cut with just the later seeded fields standing. Flax is ripening in the central region with 20-30% of the crop already ripe and the balance in the ripening stage. [Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives]- Harvest of cranberry beans in Ontario is underway with average to above average yields and good seed size. Maturity of other beans is advancing quickly and white bean harvest is expected to begin the first week of September. The current wheat yield of 83 bushel per acre is above the long term average yield of 79.9 bushel per acre. Harvest of spring cereals is almost complete except in a few areas due to weather delays. Good oat and barley yields are being reported. Spring wheat continues to be below or only at average yields in 2010 and generally the later harvested wheat has higher fusarium levels. Canola harvest is over 50% complete with good seed quality. Yields have been above average to phenomenal (2200 - 4,000 lb/ac) with some growers reporting their highest yields ever! [Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs]
