The winter wheat harvest has started here in southeastern Manitoba. Ken Krahn, who farms near Niverville, says the harvest started off good but was then interrupted by rain.

"It's been coming off quite well. Earlier it was coming off dry and now we've had some rain. We've had four inches here in the last week or so but the fields are drying up and we're ready to go back on the field. Quality has been not too bad. Yields are quite well, 80-plus bushels per acres, so it's looking pretty good."

Krahn says they sprayed fungicide on the winter wheat to protect against disease and were pleasantly surprised that there has been no fusarium or other disease in the harvested kernels.

Meanwhile, he says spring wheat and canola should be ready for harvest around the end of August. He notes they expect to spraying desiccant on the wheat in the next week or so. He's hoping for good results there too.

"The spring wheat is looking quite heavy. The canola, which didn't look as good in the early spring, has seemingly rebounded quite a bit and it's looking not too bad."

Meanwhile, he says long season crops like corn and soybeans have benefited from all the rain but says they probably have enough moisture now to finish the growing cycle.