Source: Jeremy Simes, The Western Producer, October 19, 2017
There’s still time to salvage crops if the weather co-operates
Farmers in Alberta’s northern region are experiencing a wet, snowy and frustrating harvest this year.
It’s been so difficult that farmer Otto Rottier has called it, in some ways, “the harvest from hell.”
Image source: Justin Gauy saw 25 centimetres of snow on his farm near Athabasca, Alta., Oct. 11. Snow and wet conditions has made this year’s harvest difficult in some parts of northern Alberta. | Otto Rottier photo
