Many farmers in Alberta are facing another difficult harvest: hail has battered crops and fields across the province look more like lakes than farm land.
Farmers in parts of Alberta say their crops are under water and are bracing for a devastating harvest. It has been so wet, many fields look more like lakes.
Guelly’s wheat crop would normally be waist high by mid-July, now he said parts are dead or spindly — like something that’s been over-watered in a flower pot.Story continues below advertisement Dwayne and Brenda Bennett said it took just 25 minutes for their bright yellow canola crop to be chopped down and shredded by the violent storm.Story continues below advertisement
Bennett said the pasture was up to her waist but is now only as tall as the grass. The wheat crop was also strong and healthy until the hail beat it down.Crops in Thorhild county look more like lakes. Farmer Chris Allam says it’s going to be another difficult harvest.Story continues below advertisementAllam estimated 25 to 35 per cent of his crops have flooded out and has estimated this will be the worst harvest he’s seen in 18 years.
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