Soybean harvest is around half done in southern Manitoba.

"Every day we're seeing more and more acres come off," says Dennis Lange, pulse specialist with Manitoba Agriculture. "Yields range anywhere from 15 bushels all the way up to 40 and maybe a little bit higher than that. A lot of it is rainfall dependent and whether or not growers got rain early enough to help with yield. There are a lot of soybeans in the 25 to 30 bushel range because of the dryness."

He notes the wet conditions in spring led to some issues with root rot.

"So we went from that stress to the drought stress, so that affected the crop moreso in some areas," he says. "So far we haven't seen a lot of frost damage on the soybeans, but I'm still waiting to see if we'll see anything on the later maturing varieties."

Meanwhile, the majority of edible beans will likely be harvested by the end of the week.

"The Portage area didn't get the rain that more southern parts got last week so they've been moving along quite nicely. Yields and quality have been quite good coming out of that area. Further south, we got going again on the weekend and everything from pintos to navies and blacks are coming off now. Overall quality is good," he says. "We are seeing some signs of frost damage, ranging anywhere from 2 to 6 percent."