Latest Alberta Crop Report shows 90% of crops have been harvested

Oct 14, 2020 | 8:00 AM

LETHBRIDGE, AB– In the latest Alberta Crop Report, as of October 6, 2020, about 90 per cent of crops have been harvested across the province.

That number is 29 per cent ahead of the five-year average and 20 per cent ahead of the 10-year average.

The 2020 harvest progress for the first week of October was the highest over the past decade, following 2012 when harvest was 96 per cent complete.

Harvest in the Central Region is 33 per cent ahead and in the Peace Region 27 per cent.

For the Southern Region, 97 per cent of the harvest is complete, which is about 10 per cent
better than the five-year average.

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Five per cent of crops are in swath, while another five per cent are still =standing.

See the chart below for additional information.

Chart courtesy of Alberta Crop Report

As for provincial dryland yield estimates, they are now estimated at 53.9 bushels per acre for spring wheat, 74.1 bushels per acre for barley, 83.9 bushels per acre for oats, 40.3 bushels per acre for canola, and 42.3 bushels per acre for dry peas.

For additional information on Provincial estimates, see the table below.

Chart courtesy of Alberta Crop Report

For all other information in the Alberta Crop Report, see the link below:

Alberta Crop Report

by Connor Gunn