Harvest was two-thirds complete in Alberta as of Sept. 27, despite cool weather and sporadic rain provincewide, according to the provincial Agriculture Financial Services Agency (AFSC).
The harvest stood at 65.2 per cent complete that week, up from 38 per cent on Sept. 13. Yields are projected to continue declining on remaining crops but are still expected to be average to slightly below average, AFSC said.
Spring wheat harvest was 61.5 per cent complete, with yield projections revised very slightly downward to 40 bushels per acre. Durum stood at 82 per cent complete and 33.1 bushels per acre. Winter wheat was virtually complete and yielding 47.8 bushels.
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The barley harvest stood at 62.7 per cent complete and yielding 55.7; oats, 54.1 per cent complete and 66.9; mustard, 82.9 per cent and 21.3; and canola, 58.9 per cent complete and yielding 33 bushels, down 1.5 from previous projections.
The southern region, around Lethbridge, was 88 per cent complete, barring its northwest portion which continued to see frequent showers. Fall-seeded crops were expected to benefit from about an inch of rain that fell since Sept. 13, AFSC said. Irrigated special crops were expected to perform well this year in the region, AFSC said, noting the sugar beet harvest was just beginning and was expected to equal last year, one of the best on record, for yield.
Western areas of central (around Red Deer) and northern (around Camrose) Alberta were also hampered more than most by showers and cool weather, while the Peace River region remains “in serious need of an extended period of warm, dry weather as harvest is only 28 per cent completed, up from eight per cent two weeks ago,” AFSC said. Canola and especially flax harvests in the Peace were reported barely underway, if at all.
