Long harvest for Canadian farmer

Long harvest for Canadian farmer

A Canadian farmer says he was especially relieved to finish his harvest this year.

Steve Adams of Birch Hills, Saskatchewan says the canola harvest in northern Canada was particularly challenging. It began in mid-August and ran through the end of October.

“Four snowfalls on the crop, I believe,” Adams says. “Never huge amounts—just little shots of moisture that would stop us dead in our tracks. So it was a long, drawn-out process.”

Adams farms about as far north as you can farm in North America.

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