 However, the last year's dry weather in some parts of western Canada has been replaced with wet, cold, and windy conditions this year. Jack Froesch farms near Winkler in southern Manitoba. Froesch took advantage of some early favorable weather to get some wheat and canola in the ground, but since then it's been a struggle to get things done. Really wet out there. Last year we were begging, we got less than three inches of rain. Now we're at 15 inches this year. It's been an awful windy spring. Real battle with wind.