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Crop Progress: Winter Wheat Condition 33% Good

Crop Progress: Winter Wheat Condition 33% Good

For the week ending Jan. 23, 2022, topsoil moisture supplies rated 21% very short, 52% short, 27% adequate, and 0% surplus, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. Subsoil moisture supplies rated 18% very short, 49% short, 33% adequate and 0% surplus.

Field Crops Report:

Winter wheat condition rated 8% very poor, 11% poor, 45% fair, 33% good and 3% excellent.

The next report is currently scheduled to be issued Feb. 22, 2022 but may change due to the federal holiday on Feb. 21.

Source : unl.edu

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Alberta Honey: A Day at Molenkamp Honey Farms

Video: Alberta Honey: A Day at Molenkamp Honey Farms

When was the last time you read the label on your honey?

We spent a day at Molenkamp Honey Farms with Michael Molenkamp, who has been keeping bees for 17 seasons and runs three to four thousand hives. In mid-September, he was finishing treatments and getting his bees ready for winter, and he walked us through how Alberta honey gets made.

Alberta has just 150 commercial beekeepers running 300,000 colonies, and together they produce 40% of Canada’s honey. Long summer days and golden canola fields give Alberta honey a light flavour that’s hard to match anywhere else.

Molenkamp calls Alberta beekeepers some of the most resilient farmers he knows. There’s plenty of Alberta honey to go around, but a lot on our shelves isn’t from here, so his ask is simple. Give the label a second look and choose honey made by Alberta beekeepers, or buy straight from a beekeeper near you.