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Article content Spring seeding is ahead of schedule and grain and oilseed prices are red hot, but dry conditions around the province have some Alberta farmers worried. On his farm near Taber, Jason Saunders is nearly done planting this year’s crop. A shortage of snowfall this winter allowed him to get onto his fields earlier than normal, but that same lack of precipitation means Saunders now has reason to be concerned. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or As grain prices boom, farmers pray for rain Back to video “We are not wet at all, and we ...

More farmers have been able to get out into the field this week.  Seeding is up from nine per cent last week to 38 per cent this week.  This is well ahead of the five-year average (2016-2020) of 22 per cent.  Crops that have been seeded so far are slow to emerge due to cool temperatures and little soil moisture. The southwest region is leading the province, with 56 per cent of the crop seeded.  Forty-four per cent of crops are seeded in the southeast, 35 per cent in the west-central, 34 per cent in the northwest, 24 per cent in the east-central and 22 per cent in the northeast region.

More farmers have been able to get out into the field this week.  Seeding is up from nine per cent last week to 38 per cent this week.  This is well ahead of the five-year average (2016-2020) of 22 per cent.  Crops that have been seeded so far are slow to emerge due to cool temperatures and little soil moisture. The southwest region is leading the province, with 56 per cent of the crop seeded.  Forty-four per cent of crops are seeded in the southeast, 35 per cent in the west-central, 34 per cent in the northwest, 24 per cent in the east-central and 22 per cent in the northeast region.