Sask. farmer wishes rain fell sooner
As rain pours over Saskatchewan, some crop farmers say it’s a little too late.
In Shellbrook, about 130 kilometers north of Saskatoon, Kerry Peterson runs a 6,000 acre operation. He said the 30-degree heat along with gusting winds thinned out what he planted this year.
“You’ll see the crop is a lot shorter, they headed a little sooner than they should’ve, which gives you smaller heads maybe even less weight. The canola that was flowering in that time would get heat blasted,” Peterson said. “It was just too dry for too long.”
During the wildfire season when communities like Montreal Lake Cree Nation, Weyakwin and La Ronge were evacuated, the smoke that blew south actually gave his crops some relief, despite the deteriorating air quality.