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Agriculture Roundup for Tuesday October 18, 2022

The Alberta harvest has wrapped up well ahead of the five-year average.

Alberta Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Economic Development (AFRED) said combining of major crops was at 99.2 per cent complete.

Dry weather and normal fall temperatures helped to speed up the last of the harvest. By region, the south was officially complete at 100 per cent, the northeast at 99.4 per cent and the central area at 99 per cent. The northwest and Peace regions are 98.3 per cent finished.

Alberta ended up with sufficient livestock feed supplies for the coming winter after sufficient rainfall in June.

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