Reading Time: 2 minutes Combining of major crops in Alberta progressed 23 points during the week ended Sept. 10, reaching 54 per cent, according to the province's latest weekly crop report. While dry weather helped to advance the harvest, crop yields were not meeting expectations.
Alberta weekly crop report: Harvest yields are coming in lighter than expected
Saskatchewan crop report: Hot, dry conditions help harvest
Reading Time: 2 minutes Saskatchewan’s harvest was more than halfway finished at 61 per cent complete, although not as much as the 68 per cent complete from one year ago. The figure was higher than the 42 per cent reported last week, the five-year average of 50 per cent and the 10-year average of 46 per cent. The southwest region was the nearest to completion at 85 per cent while the northeast region’s harvest was only at 34 per cent.
Alberta’s harvest ahead of average pace
Reading Time: 2 minutes Combining in Alberta reached 20 per cent complete as of Aug. 27, according to the latest provincial crop report issued Aug. 30. The harvest was eight points ahead of the five-year average. Also, nine per cent of Alberta’s crops have been swathed and 70 per cent remain standing.
Saskatchewan Crop Report: Harvest marches on despite rains, hail
Reading Time: 2 minutes Severe storms brought strong winds, heavy rains, and, in some places, golf ball-sized hail over parts of Saskatchewan. Nevertheless, the province’s harvest continued to progress during the week ended Aug. 26, according to the agriculture department’s weekly crop report.
Alberta Crop Report: Harvest slow going under heat, rains
Reading Time: 2 minutes Harvest progress for major crops in Alberta more than tripled during the week ended Aug. 20 while heavy rains hit northern and central parts of the province.
Hail hits crops at more than 1,600 farms across Prairies
Reading Time: < 1 minute More than 1,600 Prairie farms were hit by hail between July 29 and August 11, with the heaviest damage in Alberta, according to the Canadian Crop Hail Association (CCHC).
Saskatchewan Crop Report: Harvest continues amidst scattered storms
Reading Time: 2 minutes Saskatchewan reported 15 per cent of its harvest was complete, compared to 21 per cent at this time last year, but higher than the five-year average of 13 per cent and the 10-year average of 11 per cent. In the southwest region, 29 per cent of its harvest was complete while the northwest region was only at one per cent complete.
Manitoba Crop Report: Harvest begins in earnest for most crops
Reading Time: 2 minutes Most of Manitoba’s fall rye and winter wheat crops came off the ground, while the harvesting of other crops for the most part started during the week ended Aug. 19, according to the province’s weekly crop report.
Combines making their rounds in Alberta
Reading Time: 2 minutes s the harvesting of fall crops in Alberta exceeded the halfway point, the combining of the province’s spring cereals was just beginning, according to the latest Alberta crop report.
Saskatchewan harvest underway amid hot and dry weather
Reading Time: 2 minutes Pasture conditions in much of Saskatchewan were diminishing due to the hot and dry conditions. While sporadic rainfall in north and east parts of the province will benefit later seeded crops as they mature, but came too late for early seeded crops.
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