LETHBRIDGE, ALTA. –
Farmers in southern Alberta are working to wrap up harvest, with 80 per cent of major crops in the bin, according to the province’s latest crop report.
That’s ahead of the five-year average by about 10 per cent despite recent rains slowing down the process.
“You just have to wait it out sometimes. If the rain’s coming you have to try to plan ahead as far as you can. If you have to run some light nights and some early mornings, you do what you have to do,” said Sean Stanford, a farmer from Magrath, Alta.
“Try to get the crop off. But if it rains and you’re shut down for a few days that’s just the way it.”
While there was more rain this growing season it hasn’t translated into significantly bigger yields.
Cereal crops managed to perform at or above average this year while oil seeds tended to …