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‘One extreme to another’: Year started bone-dry, but Alberta farmers happy with harvest

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Before planting crops this year , southern Alberta producers were concerned about drought-like conditions after a lack of moisture in 2023 and last winter .

But according to the final 2024 Alberta Crop Report , estimated dryland yields of mayor crops were 112.4 per cent of their five-year average across the south.

The Taber area experienced much more rain than normal, but precipitation was patchy across the province, said Alison Davie .

The St. Mary River Irrigation District chair George Lohues said this season ’s reduced allocation will result in much-improved winter storage levels and “optimism for a less stressful irrigation season in 2025The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) has predicted La Niña will start soon.

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