Planning for weather continues to be farmers’ biggest wild card

Source: Barbara Duckworth, Producer.com, August 8, 2019 

OYEN, Alta. — It seems intuitive but weather rules everything on a grain farm.

“Of all the things that might drive your yield, the weather is going to drive all of it. It is one of the things you can’t control so we plan everything around what you might expect to happen; then we pray for the best,” said Keith Gabert of the Canola Council of Canada.

Rainfall in areas like southeastern Alberta is even more critical on brown soil, where growing anything is an annual challenge.

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