Ripe wheat near Selkirk, Manitoba in late August, 2024.

Prairie spring wheat looks like a bumper crop

Many farmers express surprise as harvest numbers point to yields possibly reaching a new high this year

Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada will likely set a new record for spring wheat yields this year, topping the previous mark of 54.1 bushels/acre - set in 2020

Harvest time at an Alberta sugar beet operation.

Sugar beet harvest underway in southern Alberta

Weather co-operating for the most part in another successful southern Alberta sugar beet harvest season

Reading Time: 3 minutes Alberta Sugar Beet Growers hosts field tour to educate the public on the intricacies of the crop, its harvest process, and contracts with Lantic Sugar





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Saskatchewan harvest nearing completion: Report

Saskatchewan farmers made good harvest progress during the first week of October, only seven per cent of crops still in the field as of Oct. 6, according to the latest provincial report. Dry conditions over the past few weeks allowed harvest to catch up to seasonal averages.