Robert Whyte, a vice-president with Ventura Foods, stretches to get the optimal photo of a wheat field near Winnipeg.  |  Robert Arnason photo

Tour finds above average crops in Saskatchewan, Manitoba

Fields were in bad shape near Winnipeg and then got better as tour moved into southwestern Manitoba and southeastern Saskatchewan. BY ROBERT ARNASON, WINNIPEG BUREAU

Timing is everything. In the third week of June, 50 to 100 millimetres of rain fell on most of southwestern Manitoba, including Nathan Beernaert’s land near Hartney. The precipitation came at nearly the perfect time for crops. Five weeks later, in late July, Beernaert was feeling optimistic about spring wheat and canola yields in the […] Read more