Seeding complete on major crop acres in Alberta
RED DEER, Alta. – Warm weather the previous week followed by weekend precipitation, resulted in up to 40 mm of rain being reported across areas of central Alberta last week.
However, hail was reported in the Acadia, and Special Areas 2 and 3, according to the latest weekly crop report from Alberta Agriculture and forestry, in partnership with Agriculture Financial Services Corporation.
Elsewhere, barley and oats are nearing the end of the seedling stage of the Zadocs growth scale, with six or seven leaves unfolded, while spring wheat has just entered the tillering stage.
Surface moisture (sub-surface moisture in brackets) rating are 6 (10) per cent poor, 14 (16) per cent fair, 50 (48) per cent good, 28 (26) per cent excellent, and 2 (0) per cent rated as excessive.