MarketsFarm – Combining in Alberta is almost finished with the latest crop report indicating it’s at 96.3 per cent complete. The province’s Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Economic Development (AFRED) department noted that as of Oct. 4, the harvesting of all crops advanced nine points from the previous week due to dry weather.
Of the 11 crops reported, seven were more than 95 per cent done. Lentils reached 100 per cent complete, joining winter wheat and fall rye which have been finished for some time. Dry peas were virtually finished, officially registered at 99.9 per cent done.
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Durum also clocked in a 99.9 per cent in the bin, with barley at 99 per cent, spring wheat at 98.8 per cent, and oats at 94.5 per cent. Canola came in at 91.8 per cent, with potatoes at 93.7 per cent and sugar beets at 24 per cent.
The progress made at this point for all crops was exactly the same a year ago. And as with last year, the harvest pace far exceeded the five-year average of 70.8 per cent complete.
Dryland yields were pegged at 52.9 bushels per acre province-wide for spring wheat, with barley at 74.8 and oats at 95.2. Dry peas were 43.8 bu./ac. and canola came in at 38.2.
