The end is in sight for most of Manitoba's producers, and with a warm week ahead, most meaningful crops could be off the fields by Friday.

Manitoba's farmers are pretty content with the forecast for the next week, after cold temperatures last week stalled a productive first half of the 2020 harvest.

"We expected a big crop and we saw a big crop."

"To be quite honest, if southern Alberta gets one inch of rain it probably could add up to $20 million in crop production." 

Some Alberta farmers are seeding and hoping the rain stays away, while others are still just trying to get last year's crop off.

Grain prices have jumped a bit since the pandemic began but it's not just because people are baking and eating up a storm.

A Canadian research team looked at which varieties of wheat worked best in bread with reduced sodium.

Alberta Wheat Commission Chairman Gary Stanford says other equipment such as aeration fans and irrigation are more critical for a successful harvest in southern Alberta.

The Saskatchewan government has joined the calls of leaders in the agriculture and mining industries urging the federal government to act in the wake of a CN Rail strike.

A federal "supercluster" investment means the plant protein industry will receive $153 million to meet demands and continue to grow.