Canada: Prairie spring wheat looks like a bumper crop

who farms in western Saskatchewan near Coleville. Why it matters: Farmers were pessimistic about crops in dry weather plagued areas of the Prairies earlier this year. Jake Ayre, who runs seed retailer Southern Seed in Minto, Man., with his father, Andrew, shared a similar story. Southwestern Manitoba, like Roberts’s area, which saw little rain early in the season, was also dry in May and June. In response, wheat roots grew downward to find moisture. “I was talking to our agronomist … and they noticed that in the western region (of Manitoba), cereal roots were going down in some spots a metre or more deep,” Ayre said. Ayre didn’t comment on spring wheat yields in his part of Manitoba, but it’s obvious that the 2025 crop is large. New grain bins are “moving down the road,” anecdotal indication that farmers in the region are looking for storage. Provincial crop reports from Manitoba and Alberta both indicate that spring wheat yields are robust: Manitoba Agriculture says spring wheat ...