Alberta Crop Report — Conditions as of May 4, 2021
The first Alberta Crop Report for 2021 is now out.
Data — up to date as of May 4 — was released to the public this weekend by Alberta Agriculture and Forestry (AF) in partnership with the Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (AFSC).
The initial report for the year says most of areas of the province have received lower than normal spring precipitation, amount to one-in-six year lows.
While this is a concern, it says, it has allowed seeding of the spring crops to get off to a fast start. Seeding thus far is at 17.4 per cent, whereas last year at this time, it was at 9.4 per cent. The 5-year average is 10.7 per cent and the 10-year avereage is 9.6 per cent.