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.
You can subscribe to regular growing season updates like the weekly Crop Report and Manitoba Insect and Disease Report and the daily Fusarium Head Blight Risk Maps and Manitoba Potato News.
Insect summaries are provided annually.
Subscribe now to receive email notifications when a new report is posted to the website.
Crop Diagnostic Report - Report features pictures submitted to Manitoba Agriculture staff and diagnosis based on information provided and/or results based on pathological analysis completed at the Crop Diagnostic Lab. pictures can be submittted to specific subject matter experts in Manitoba Agriculture Crop Industry Development and Farm Production Crop Extension staff or centrally to crops@gov.mb.ca.
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 (PDF 657 KB)
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 70 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
Manitoba Insect and Disease Update
- Current Manitoba Insect and Disease Update
Manitoba Potato Weather Network
Manitoba Potato News is faxed or emailed daily to potato growers, consultants and agronomists starting in early June and continuing through the growing season. The daily fax provides weather information from weather stations situated throughout the potato growing area of Manitoba, a late blight disease severity index is calculated, the potato crop water demand and a comment text section for important information about the potato crop.
- Visit Manitoba Potato Weather Network
- Subscribe to the Manitoba Potato Weather Network