Manitoba Crop Report - Issue 14, July 29, 2025

🌾 Manitoba Crop Report - Issue 14 🌾

Week Ending July 29, 2025 • Compiled by Manitoba Agriculture

📊 Provincial Crop Status

🌾 Spring Wheat 59% Good
Reaching late dough stage. Most fields at grain fill. Quality varies by region with Northwest showing best ratings (35% excellent).
Region Excellent Good Fair Poor
Southwest - 85% 15% -
Northwest 35% 50% 15% -
Central 30% 50% 20% -
Eastern 20% 60% 20% -
Interlake 20% 50% 20% 10%
🌻 Canola Flowering to Podded
Wide range of stages due to long seeding window. Earliest fields fully podded, late seeded at mid-flowering. Fungicide applications mostly complete.
🌽 Corn V8 to Tasseling
Majority ranging from V8 to tasseling stage. Coping well in Southwest despite dry conditions. Some stress visible on light soils.
🫘 Soybeans R1 to R3
Early seeded at R3 (beginning pods), later seeded at R1-R2. Some spider mite damage reported along field edges.

⚠️ Key Provincial Concerns

🐛 Armyworms detected in Eastern region along Hwy 11 corridor
💧 Northwest & Interlake below 50% normal precipitation
🌡️ Heat stress causing pod abortion in some canola fields
🥛 Low dugout water levels, blue-green algae concerns

📅 Harvest Timeline

Winter Wheat/Fall Rye 7-10 days
Barley 1-2 weeks
Spring Wheat 2-3 weeks
Field Peas 1-2 weeks
Canola (earliest) 2-3 weeks
💧 Rainfall July 21-27
Heavy (>40mm)
Moderate (20-40mm)
Light (10-20mm)
Very Low (<10mm)

Regional Summary