Local farmers stress driving patience for motorists

As harvest season arrives, incidents increase with field-to-field travel

July 20, 2022 @ 9:40 pmListowel Banner, Local News, News, Rural

Doug Johnston manoeuvres his New Holland combine harvester around a parked excavator on Perth Road 147 just north of Maplevue Farms, he and his brother’s rural Britton dairy operation. Johnston has plenty of ‘war stories’ to share when it comes to close calls he’s had over the years between him and impatient motorists. (Dan McNee photo)

NORTH PERTH – Doug Johnston sits comfortably and confidently at the controls of his New Holland combine harvester, and makes the turn onto Perth Road 147 that runs adjacent to Maplevue Farms just north of Britton. He and his brother, Dave, manage the extensive dairy operation that their family has before them for multiple generations.…

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