Drew Lerner expects normal harvest weather conditions this year with rainfall picking up in September. “It’s
not going to be like last year,†said the president of World Weather Inc. “It’s not going to be just big, heavy deluges of
rain, one right after the other.†But there will be sporadic rainfall that will at times disrupt harvesting activities. “We
are going to see a little bit more rhythm in the atmosphere with rains coming and going periodically,†said Lerner. He
expects the remainder of August to be drier than normal with rain starting in early September and continuing
throughout the month, especially in the eastern portion of the Prairies. “I really do believe that the harvest will go
OK,†said Lerner. Bruce Burnett, director of markets and weather with Glacier FarmMedia, said much of the central
and northern growing area of the Prairies received 15 to 30 millimetres of rain last week. “That’s very timely rains for
crop filling,†he said. Pockets northwest of Saskatoon received 75 mm of rain, which caused some localized flooding
but for the most part last week’s moisture was useful. “It’s helping maximize the yield potential of what’s there,†said
Burnett. Some canola crops were still blooming in the north when the rain arrived.
not going to be like last year,†said the president of World Weather Inc. “It’s not going to be just big, heavy deluges of
rain, one right after the other.†But there will be sporadic rainfall that will at times disrupt harvesting activities. “We
are going to see a little bit more rhythm in the atmosphere with rains coming and going periodically,†said Lerner. He
expects the remainder of August to be drier than normal with rain starting in early September and continuing
throughout the month, especially in the eastern portion of the Prairies. “I really do believe that the harvest will go
OK,†said Lerner. Bruce Burnett, director of markets and weather with Glacier FarmMedia, said much of the central
and northern growing area of the Prairies received 15 to 30 millimetres of rain last week. “That’s very timely rains for
crop filling,†he said. Pockets northwest of Saskatoon received 75 mm of rain, which caused some localized flooding
but for the most part last week’s moisture was useful. “It’s helping maximize the yield potential of what’s there,†said
Burnett. Some canola crops were still blooming in the north when the rain arrived.
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