Alberta farmers dealing with difficult harvest
ALBERTA – A farmers’ advocacy group wants to make sure the province is prepared to deal with over $3 billion in claims for crops that remain unharvested across Alberta in what has been a difficult harvest.
Team Alberta is a collaboration between Alberta Barley, Alberta Canola, Alberta Pulse Growers and the Alberta Wheat Commission.
As of Oct. 10, it was estimated that the amount of harvest completed for Alberta’s major crops included 26 per cent of canola crops, 57 per cent for both wheat and barley, and 34 per cent of pulses – leaving approximately 7.8 million acres unharvested overall.
Team Alberta says current conditions are worse than in 2016 when weather caused many acres to remain unharvested.