Manitoba's sunflower crop seemed to have survived the cold snaps we had over the last few weeks.

Troy Turner, agronomist with the National Sunflower Association of Canada (NSAC), says most of the seeds were still underground when the frost hit.

He says seeding is mostly complete in the central and eastern regions, however the southwest is lagging behind due to the wet conditions.

"I think plans are still to put them in. They still have time as far as crop insurance goes for deadlines, so there is another couple of weeks left for that. No one seems to be panicking just yet there, so we're crossing our fingers that those guys are going to be able to get those acres in in the southwest corner of the province and we'll see our numbers."

Turner estimates seeding progress is 70 to 75 per cent complete across the province and expects to see between 100,000 and 120,000 acres of sunflowers planted in Manitoba this year.

He adds growers should be on the lookout for cutworms, now that the crop has emerged.