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By Erika Rolling
Agriculture

Rain dampening harvest efforts according to latest Alberta Crop Report

Sep 21, 2026 | 12:11 PM

Just under 13 per cent of major crops have been combined in the Peace Region according to the most recent Alberta Crop Report.

The report, dated Sept. 15, says the Peace Region is well behind the five-year average of 51 per cent of harvest completed, due to precipitation in the region that varied between five and 15 millimetres during the reporting period. Some places received upwards of 80mm of rain.

Dry pea harvest is just under half done at 47 per cent. Thirty 30 per cent of the canola is swathed in the Peace, and three per cent has been combined. Spring wheat is 20 per cent complete, 16 per cent of barley and 10 per cent of oats off the field.

Sub-surface soil moisture ratings remain the best in the Peace compared to the rest of Alberta, as well as compared to historical averages. The good-to-excellent rating in the Peace is 96 per cent, well above the five-year average of 45 per cent.

Surface soil moisture also increased by three points in the Peace, sitting at 91 per cent good-to-excellent; the highest in the province.

Mid-September rains are benefiting pasture growth, although frost and normal end-of-season conditions are quickly approaching. The Peace Region is 50 per cent good-to-excellent, compared to our 5-year average of 34 per cent.

Tame hay is 56 per cent good-to-excellent in the Peace, compared to the 5-year average of 33 per cent.

The next Alberta Crop Report by AFSC is due out Sept. 25.

by Erika Rolling