Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm — With Alberta’s harvest virtually wrapped up for 2025, provincial Agriculture Minister RJ Sigurdson offered the government’s congratulations to the province’s farmers.
“We applaud our producers’ dedication to growing the high-quality agricultural products people around the world enjoy as they gather and create memories over the food we produce right here in Alberta,” Sigurdson said in a prepared statement on Oct. 24.
The ag department issued its last crop report for 2025 on Oct. 17, with the harvest of Alberta’s major crops slightly more than 99 per cent finished. That exceeded the five-year average by two points and stood 16 ahead of the 10-year average.
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“Hot, dry weather through late summer and into fall supported a rapid harvest pace that kept farmers working hard to ensure crops were off the fields before the weather shifted,” Sigurdson said.
At about 16 per cent good to excellent, surface soil conditions in Alberta were well below the five-year average of 40 per cent, the crop report noted last week.
“For some areas of the province, 2025 was a difficult growing season and most parts of the province are entering winter with dry soil conditions. We are hopeful for above-average winter snowfall as well as the spring rains farmers need to replenish soil moisture and support crop growth in 2026,” Sigurdson added.
Despite those trying conditions, the quality ratings for Alberta’s spring wheat, barley and canola were above average. However, quality of the durum, oats, dry peas was below average.
The crop report also placed the fall-seeded crops at 32 per cent good to excellent, down two points from the previous week and 22 below the five-year average.
