The harvest window has closed again after rain followed by sub-zero temperatures and snow swept the Prairies Nov. 4-5. However, most crops are now in the bin, thanks to a two-week window of warm, dry conditions opening up in October. After multiple weeks of delay, many producers were able to return to their fields and […] Read more
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Alberta harvest nearing completion
Alberta farmers made significant harvest progress in late-October, with nearly 95 percent of crops off the field as of Oct. 30, according to the final crop report of the season from Alberta Agriculture. On a crop-by-crop basis, spring wheat was 96.1 percent harvested, durum 95.4 percent, barley 95.6 percent, peas 98.6 percent, and canola 91.7 […] Read more
Sask. farmers make considerable harvest progress
Saskatchewan farmers made the most of the warm and dry weather during the last week and were able to make significant harvest progress, according to the provincial crop report released Oct. 25. Ninety-two percent of the Saskatchewan crop was harvested as of Oct. 22, up 10 percentage points from the previous week. However, which was […] Read more
Farmers back in the field
Farmers across the Prairies have begun harvesting again after many of them sat idle for more than a month. Slight progress has been made in Alberta and Saskatchewan, according to the latest crop reports. The reports capture only the week of Oct. 9-16, when much combining wasn’t done because of unfavourable conditions. Late last week […] Read more
Tensions rise as prairie crops remain unharvested
Alberta:
Unfavourable weather conditions over the past month have left millions of acres unharvested on the Prairies at a time when most should be combined. The bulk of what’s left in the field is primarily located in northern and central Alberta, northern Saskatchewan and in northwestern and southwestern Manitoba, according to last week’s crop reports. The […] Read more
Weekend saw harvest improve
Winnipeg – The week started off with a bang as trade news dominated the headlines and sent the loonie soaring. Canola took a hit on Monday but spent the rest of the week ended Oct. 5 in the green. A tentative renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) deal was reached late Sep. 30. The […] Read more
Tough harvest ahead for some on the Prairies
SASKATOON — Good weather, good luck and a good deal of patience. Those are some things Western Canada’s farmers need if they have any hope of bringing in this year’s crop before winter sets in. A good relationship with lenders might also come in handy. Between showers, flurries, overcast skies and single digit temperatures, prairie […] Read more
The hindered harvest
Harvest 2018 | While some farmers are done with harvest, others are waiting for snow to melt after unusually cold weather ripped through the Prairies in September. Here are snapshots from harvest across the Prairies — and across Canada — as of last week.
While some farmers are done with harvest, others are waiting for snow to melt after unusually cold weather ripped through the Prairies in September. Here are snapshots from harvest across the Prairies — and across Canada — as of last week.
Bad weather still stalling Alberta harvest
Winnipeg – Very little harvest progress was made in Alberta during the week ended Sep. 25, according to the latest provincial crop report. Harvest progress for major crops sat at 32.9 percent, up less than a percentage point from the previous week. This is far behind the five-year average of 62 percent. Provincially the spring […] Read more
Saskatchewan harvest slowed by rain and snow
Winnipeg – Another wet week slowed harvest progress in Saskatchewan, according to the provincial crop report released Sept. 27. Sixty-eight per cent of Saskatchewan crop is now harvested. This is six per cent more than last week and ahead of the five-year average of 64 percent. Rain fell across most of the province throughout the […] Read more
