Rapid seeding progressed across Manitoba this past week and is now at 30% complete.

Producers have focused on planting corn (60% complete), cereals (58% complete) and peas (72% complete).

Canola planting has just started with 6% of the acres being planted.

Producers are planting a variety of crops based on soil and weather conditions.

Soil temperatures were adequately warm and the seeding of more sensitive crop types such as soybeans has begun.

Soybean planting is at 15% completion.

Weeds are quickly appearing in fields including kochia, volunteer canola and wheat, flixweed, fleabane, foxtail
barley, redroot pigweed, lamb’s quarters, thistles, and dandelions.

Growers are encouraged to scout and use burn-off products to control weeds and use PRE-emergent products with residual control.

(Government of Manitoba news release)