Plum Coulee area farmer, Isaac Froese, says his cereal and canola fields are starting to emerge. Seeding operations wrapped up on his farm about three weeks ago.

Last week brought frost to many areas of southern Manitoba. "We went around and looked everywhere, and we really saw more damage in our yard than we did in our field. I think the warm ground kept it away," says Froese. "Our canola at the time was still kind of in-between the ridges of the seeder, so we saw pretty well zero damage on our canola. Our wheat, yeah it looked like it was taken back a bit, but outside of that, no real problems."

However, Froese says now he is concerned about the heat in the forecast for the rest of the week, noting the crops aren't rooted well enough to take those high temperatures for long.

According to Environment Canada, daytime highs are expected to hover around the mid-30s through Saturday, and heat warnings have been issued for southern Manitoba.

"We would love to have a good shot of rain," added Froese, noting his farm only saw 8/10ths of moisture during the previous stint of rain. "It's a bit scary with the heat coming on...water would be huge."

Meantime, Froese says he's waiting to start spraying operations.

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With files from Cory Knutt

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