Courtesy: Alberta Agriculture
Harvest is continuing at a fast pace in Alberta and specifically in the Northwest.
Provincially, the job is 63% complete, which is for that 25 percentage points of the 10-year average.
In the Peace region, Harvest is now half done, with specific crops proceeding at a brisk pace.
Dry Peas are at 95%, Spring Wheat is at 68%, Barley is at 66%, Oats are at 56%, and Canola is at 26%.
Region Five: Peace (Fairview, Falher, Grande Prairie, Valleyview)
• Compared to the rest of the province, most days this week in the Peace Region were warm and sunny with a few areas
getting small showers ranging from 1 mm to 20 mm, with a few causing short harvest delays. Harvest progressed 14 per
cent and is now 50 per cent complete.
• Surface soil moisture and sub-surface soil moisture is rated highest among the province and improved over the past week
due to showers around the region. Surface (sub-surface) soil moisture is rated 4 (1) per cent poor, 37 (37) per cent fair, 56
(59) per cent good, 3 (3) per cent excellent and 0 (0) per cent excessive.
Keith Hopper, Trending 55
