Manitoba farmers optimistic about the start of spring seeding

Manitoba farmers are getting seeds in the ground earlier than last year, making some optimistic about the growing season.

Manitoba farmers are getting seeds in the ground earlier than last year, making some optimistic about the growing season.

The 2023 seeding season is a little delayed compared with the average spring, but far better than 2022, Minto-area farmer Jake Ayer said.

Last year, farmers faced extreme delays due to excess moisture brought on by multiple Colorado lows at the start of the season. In some cases, seeding was delayed by more than a month.

"It's definitely a lot less stressful this year," he said.

The Manitoba government will release its first crop report for the 2023 growing season on May 16.