Harvest has begun in Manitoba, with some winter cereals starting to come off fields across the province.

According to the weekly crop report, preliminary numbers indicate winter wheat yields range from 60 to 95 bu/acre, and fall rye yields range from 40 to 90 bu/acre.

Manitoba Agriculture cereal specialist Pam de Rocquigny says crop maturity and weather conditions will determine how quickly winter cereal harvest will go.

"I was just coming back from Brandon on Wednesday, and there were producers harvesting their winter cereals, so if everything goes well, producers can harvest quite a bit of acres in a day," she says, "so if weather conditions hold, and the crop is ready to harvest, you know, there's no reason why producers wouldn't make really good progress with the winter cereals.

The crop report also says spring seeded crops are moving along nicely, with the majority of acres either grain-filling or podding.

"A lot of the crops are starting to change colour, so you know they're maturing quite quickly, especially with heat that we've been having as well," de Rocquigny says. "Some of the later-seeded crops are just finishing up flowering but definitely a majority of the acres are marching toward maturity."

The full crop report is available on the Manitoba Agriculture website.