Grey, damp, dismal and frustrating: that’s how harvest has seemed for many farmers who have been almost ready to swath and combine – then hit by rain, drizzle, snow and other inclemencies.
It’s frustrating to not be able to move when you want to, and distressing and infuriating to see good crops subjected to disease-inducing conditions, with crop prices falling all the time.
But this week in lots of areas the weather has improved and combines are rolling, and that’s been a relief. The best therapy can be action, and that’s cheering spirits across the Prairies.
But what’s really out there among those crops? Such a wild array of weather conditions have hit them that really no-one knows until it comes in.
I took my own look last week and here’s a sense of what I saw, both in Winnipeg and in about 800 kilometres that I drove.
