Electroverse by Cap Allon 11/18/2019
Heavy and persistent snow during 2019’s harvest season has left several million acres of canola, renowned as Canada’s most profitable crop, buried until the spring of 2020, reports reuters.com.
This year will be remembered as the “harvest from hell,†said farmer John Guelly, chairman of the Alberta Canola industry group.
As of November 05, some 17% of Alberta’s canola remained unharvested along with 12% of Saskatchewan’s and 9% of Manitoba’s. All that unharvested canola represents approximately 2.7 million acres, or 13% of national plantings, according to government estimates.
It may be possible to salvage some of the crops in the spring, though at a big discount — and the extra work will also likely delay next year’s crop planting efforts, exacerbating the issue further.
More:
https://electroverse.net/harvest-from-hell-2-7-million-acres-of-canadian-canola-left-frozen-in-the-field/
