Seasonal Reports
Reports and links on seasonal updates that pertain to crop production will be posted as they become available. Visit this page often for news about conditions that could affect your crops.
Current management articles and extension presentations (new information added throughout the year) to address issues in field crops can be found at Current Crop Topics.
For regular growing season updates see the weekly Crop Report , Crop Pest Update , Fruit Crop Report, Potato Report , Vegetable Crop Report, and Fusarium Head Blight Risk Maps.
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Crop and Crop Weather Reports
The Crop Report provides information on progress of seeding and crop establishment, crop development, any pest activity including weeds, insects and disease, harvest progress, crop yields and grades, fall field work progress, and status of winter cereal crop seeding and establishment. In addition, it provides information on haying progress and estimated yields, as well as pasture conditions from May to October.
- Crop Reports current and archived
- Reporting Area Map
The Crop Weather Report is a summary of weather data from the Manitoba Ag Weather Program and Environment Canada. Weekly summaries of temperature (maximum, minimum, average) and total rainfall along with seasonal accumulations of degree days, corn heat units and rainfall (actuals and per cent of normal) are provided for about 130 locations in the five regions used in the Crop Report. This report is available throughout the crop growing season (May to October).
- Crop Weather Reports, current and archived
Crop Pest Update
- Manitoba Crop Pest Updates current and archived
Fruit Crop Report
The Fruit Crop Report provides information on all commercially grown fruit crops across Manitoba with a focus on production topics, harvest updates, and pest related issues including weeds, insects and diseases. The report begins late April/early May and continues biweekly throughout the growing season until late November.
- Fruit Crop Reports current and archived
Potato Report
The Potato Report is emailed weekly to potato growers, consultants and agronomists starting late May or early June and continues through the growing season. The report provides information on seeding and harvest progress, on crop development and condition, and on pest related issues including weeds, insects and diseases. The report also includes weather information from weather stations situated throughout the potato growing areas of Manitoba. Weather data is used to calculate the late blight disease severity index, and to determine the potato crop water demand.
- Potato Reports current and archived
- Manitoba Potato Weather Network
Vegetable Crop Report
The Vegetable Crop Report provides information on commercially grown vegetable crops across Manitoba focusing on crop updates including planning, planting, field maintenance, pest issues, harvesting and marketing. In addition, it provides information on vegetable trials conducted in the field and high tunnel during the growing season.
- Vegetable Crop Reports current and archived