Photo: Kathy Waldner from Pixabay Alberta’s farmers have 71 per cent of the provincial crop in the ground, up from last week’s 32 percent, the May 18 provincial crop report says. Widespread rains over the week brought much needed moisture to the province....
Photo: Eric Thiessen from Pixabay Seeding progress across Alberta jumped this week with 32 per cent of acres planted in the ground, the May 11 provincial crop report says. Last week there was 17 per cent of the crop seeded. The southern region has the most seed in the...
Photo: Pixabay Alberta seeding is ahead of the historical average with 17 per cent of the crop in the ground, the May 4 provincial crop report says. However, while planting is ahead of average, dry conditions are causing concern. “While the lack of precipitation...
Farmers in Alberta had been expected to increase oat acres this year, however the latest acreage estimates have acres falling to 881,200 from 899,100 last year, Statistics Canada’s principle field crop areas for June 2020, says. In the March update Albertans had been...
Rain over the past weekend along with tornadoes, hail and severe storms hit parts of southern Alberta, the weekly crop report from Alberta Agriculture and Forestry on June 19, says. Another storm system followed which hit province wide. A large area across the...
Provincially, 75 per cent of the crops have emerged, which is 12 per cent behind the five-year average, the latest crop report from Alberta Agriculture and Forestry on June 12, says. Over 90 per cent of Alberta’s crop have been planted. Regionally, south,...
