The harvest of winter cereals has begun in Manitoba. Manitoba Agriculture’s weekly crop report says reported yields for winter wheat and fall rye are average for both crops. Spokesman James Frey says progress varies from region to region. He says the pea harvest has begun in the northwest region, with some early barley coming off in the past few days. Frey says large areas of late-seeded canola along the Yellowhead Highway and north toward Riding Mountain National Park are in mid to late bloom, and require a month of good growing conditions to mature.