Manitoba Crops Advancing, but Excess Moisture Stress Grows

Frequent rainfall, thunderstorms and severe weather continued to shape crop development across Manitoba over the past week, with many areas receiving additional moisture on top of already saturated conditions, according to the latest provincial crop report on Tuesday. Rainfall was highly variable, with weekly accumulations ranging from 9 mm at Sprague to 188 mm near Boissevain. The heaviest totals were reported in the Southwest around Boissevain and Souris, and in already waterlogged parts of th