By The Canadian Press

In spite of small declines, Alberta posts positive harvest numbers

Dec 7, 2017 | 12:48 PM

EDMONTON – Alberta’s Crown-owned bank says farmers in the province generally had an O-K year.

ATB Financial says despite earlier concerns of drought, wheat production edged up almost one per cent from the previous year to 10 million tonnes.

But the average yield fell by 5.4 bushels per acre to 52.6 bushels per acre.

Canola production increased nearly 11 per cent to 6.8 million tonnes, mainly due to an increase in the harvested area.