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Latest Alberta crop report released

Rains across Alberta, which varied in their intensity and brought some hail, helped stabilize moisture levels and crop conditions during the week ended August 5.

Major crops across the province were rated at 63.6 per cent good to excellent, just 0.2 of a percentage point higher than the previous week. 

However, the figure is well above the five-year average of 51.3 per cent and the 10-year average of 55.8 per cent.

Crops in the central region stayed put at 93 per cent good to excellent, while the northwest declined one point at 68 per cent. 

The south was unchanged at 64 per cent, the northeast dropped one point at 58 per cent and the Peace region gained three points at 25 per cent. 

The central region exceeded its five-year average by 44 points while the Peace region is trailing its own by more than 25 points.

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