The president of Seine River Seed Farm at Ste. Anne expects there was some frost damage to crops as the temperature dropped below zero last weekend. Brian Dueck says early seeded canola was vulnerable.

A canola plant with frost damage."Some of the canola that was up earlier, that was seeded earlier, there there could be some damage. But damage won't show yet for probably another five days for sure. So, by next weekend, the guys should know whether or not their canola was damaged during this frost."

Meanwhile, Dueck says it would have been nice to get more rain last week but adds there is enough moisture to resume seeding this week.

"There is a little bit of a dry layer some places in between the top and the subsoil moisture but it is enough that we'll still be able to go whenever we get warm weather and we decide to go again."

He notes, if the forecast for warm, sunny weather holds true this week, most planting will be completed in the coming few days. He says, from customers he has talked to, a lot of seeding has been completed.

"I would say probably 80% of the cereals are in, probably a good 60% of the canola, a lot of the corn is in and it's more or less soybeans that are left to do."

Dueck says spraying for weeds in winter wheat will be underway by later this week.