Manitoba soybean crops got an unwanted brush of frost in early September, but a provincial expert says fields largely dodged the damage.
Dennis Lange, a pulse and soybean specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, says the frost wasn’t severe enough or long enough for significant yield losses in the matured soybeans.
Frost conditions varied significantly across agricultural regions, according to the Manitoba Crop Weather Report issued September 7.
The Interlake region experienced some of the coldest temperatures, with Narcisse recording -4.2 C for six hours.
In the eastern region, Sprague Lake hit -2.7 C for six hours, while Dugald reached -1.2 C for three hours.
The central region saw more moderate frost conditions, with locations like Cartwright experiencing -1.4 C for five hours and Baldur recording -0.9 C for five hours.
