By Alice McFarlane

Manitoba crop in varying states of development

Jul 3, 2025 | 10:59 AM

Isolated rainfall and thunderstorms have resulted in varying amounts of precipitation over the past week in Manitoba.

Manitoba Agriculture Cereal Crop Specialist Anne Kirk said that’s why we are seeing a variety of plant stages depending on the crop type.

“Winter wheat and fall rye are fairly consistent across the province and would be in the grain fill stage. Corn does range from about the V5 to the V8 stage and the earliest seeded spring wheat is at anthesis,” Kirk said. “We do see spring wheat ranging from stem elongation to anthesis, but I think that the majority of spring is at head emergence to anthesis.”

Barley and oats also range from stem elongation to head emergence. Fungicide applications for fusarium head blight have started these past few days in spring wheat and barley and will be wrapped up for winter wheat.

Kirk said when looking at oilseeds there is a wide range of canola growth stages across the province due to the long seeding window.

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“Late seeded canola ranges from about the four-leaf stage to rosette and the earliest seeded canola is in full flower. Fungicide applications in canola have also started,” she added. “Flax is up to 15 centimeters and starting to bud.”

Field peas have started flowering in most areas with the most advanced fields in the R1 to R2 stage. The earliest seeded soybeans would also be in the R1 to R2 stage with the later seeded soybeans ranging from V3 to V5.

Kirk said she expects a big push over the next week in fungicide applications, especially in spring cereals and canola.

Farmers in many areas are looking for more precipitation.

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alice.mcfarlane@pattisonmedia.com