Heavy Rain Stalls Manitoba Harvest Progress

Harvest activity expanded across Manitoba this past week, before heavy rain in parts of the province halted progress. According to Tuesday's weekly provincial crop report, a large system brought significant precipitation to the Southwest and parts of the Interlake, while scattered rain reached the Northwest and Central regions. Reston received 111 mm over Aug. 14-15, and much of the Southwest reported 50 to 100 mm. Although the moisture benefited later-season corn and soybeans following earlier