This summer’s rain may be too much of a good thing

September 28, 2023 @ 12:50 pmListowel Banner, Rural, Walkerton Herald-Times, Wingham Advance Times

It’s looking like the soy bean harvest could be good, with the corn harvest less so. The reason? Overcast days from wildfires and rainy weather. (Pauline Kerr photo)
GREY-BRUCE – Rain is not the only thing that makes for a bountiful harvest – sunshine is also necessary. And while this area has had more than enough of the former, that’s not the case for the latter. Chris Cossitt, president of the Bruce County Federation of Agriculture, said that the wheat is off; quantity-wise,…
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Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Pauline Kerr is a Local Journalism Initiative Reporter with the Walkerton Herald-Times. The Local Journalism Initiative is funded by the Government of Canada.