
Manitoba and Saskatchewan farmers deal with unsettled weather
With spring seeding now considered complete, growers are watching the skies as they attempt to get some other jobs done.
Manitoba is reporting optimal moisture and crops are looking good, according to cereal crop specialist Anne Kirk.
“We did see variable rainfall accumulations in all parts of the province over the past week, we did have isolated rainfall. The amounts of rainfall ranged from about zero millimeters to a maximum of about 16 millimeters (mm) and that was in The Pas so it was spotty rain across the province,” she said.
In terms of soil moisture, Kirk said the zero-to-30-centimeter zone in the majority of the province is still listed as optimum, but parts of the Interlake and northwest are listed as dry to very dry.