Alberta Harvest Trucking Along

Sep 06, 2022

Seventeen per cent of Alberta’s crop is now in the bin, the Aug. 30 provincial crop report said. Harvest operations have been moving along with 13 per cent of the crop swathed.

Crop percentages combined range from 64 per cent done for dry peas to one per cent for canola.

“Harvest progress relative to normal in the season has advanced from this time last week, although some significant rains in the South have delayed harvest regionally,” the report said.

The report noted last week seven per cent of harvest was done, which was behind long-term normal. However, this week combining of major crops is 17 per cent complete and ahead of the 14 per cent 10-year average.

“Thirty percent of major crops are either swathed or combined and that is exactly in line with the 10-year average for major crops.”

Click here to see more...

Video: Why Invest in Canada’s Seed Future? | On The Brink: Episode 3

Darcy Unger just invested millions to build a brand-new seed plant on his farm in Stonewall, Manitoba so when it’s time for his sons to take over, they have the tools they need to succeed.

Right now, 95% of the genetics they’ll be growing come from Canadian plant breeders.

That number matters.

When fusarium hit Western Canada in the late 90s, it was Canadian breeders who responded, because they understood Canadian conditions. That ability to react quickly to what’s happening on Canadian farms is exactly what’s at risk when breeding programs lose funding.

For farmers like Darcy, who have made generational investments based on the assumption that better genetics will keep coming, the stakes are direct and personal.

We’re on the brink of decisions that will shape our agricultural future for not only our generation, but also the ones to come.

What direction will we choose?

On The Brink is a year-long video series traveling across Canada to meet the researchers, breeders, farmers, seed companies, and policymakers shaping the future of Canadian plant breeding. Each week, a new story. Each story, a piece of the bigger picture.

Episode 3 is above. Follow Seed World Canada to catch every episode, and tell us: Do you think the next generation will have the tools they need to success when they takeover? How is the future going to look?