Manitoba Agriculture reports extensive rains and intense thunderstorms in the far southwest corner of the province and in parts of the eastern region have slowed this year’s harvest. Sonya Wilson, an oilseed specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, says extensive rain and thundershowers, especially in the far southwest corner of Manitoba and parts of the eastern region over the weekend, halted the harvest. Again, the central region is basically done in terms of barley harvest and the northwest is sitting at about 75 percent. We’ve also seen a couple producers moving to soybean harvest, especially in the eastern region. ~ Sonya Wilson, Manitoba AgricultureWilson says over the next week growers will be looking for fields to dry up and crops to dry down for harvest to move forward.