A farmer just northwest of Steinbach says it appears their crops will be at or a little below average this year.

Joel Doerksen is part of a family farm that grows winter wheat, spring wheat, canola and soybeans and also has laying hens. He says their winter wheat yield was at or slightly below average but the quality was good with low rates of disease and high levels of protein. Doerksen expects a similar result with their spring wheat although the harvest has been interrupted by rain. He adds the canola looks patchy but they'll only know for sure when they put it through the combine.

"We straight cut all of our canola. It's all been sprayed off so we're hoping to get into that, maybe, in a week or so from now. It's patchy. I'm probably not too terribly optimistic about that but we'll see what it does when we get into there."

Doerksen says the soybeans look pretty good because they handle the extra moisture well. But he cautions it's hard to gauge how good a soybean crop is until you actually put it through the combine.

Overall, Doerksen says, despite the challenging, wet conditions this summer, he is not about to complain.

"We've had a good year and we're thankful for what we have. It's not a bumper crop but it's a good, solid yield and good grades and we'll do well this year."