The soil is dry, but Peace producers are optimistic about the season ahead. “We’ve had a very mild winter up here. We hardly had any snow and typically, when we’re this far north, we’ll have a foot and a half of snow in the field at some point and this year we had two to …
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Oat, wheat harvests down
Statistics Canada has relied on satellite technology and agroclimatic data to model preliminary crop yields and production for several years, and estimates released August 29 point to a modest decline in seeded acres this year for grain and oilseed crops but a sharp decline in the projected harvest for certain crops. Overall, seeded acres are …
Peace whipped by wild winds
The record heat wave that baked many parts of BC last week also created turbulent conditions for crop farmers in the Peace region, where temperatures exceeded 36 degrees Celsius. The high pressure system unleashed dramatic winds of more than 100 km an hour that swept down from the mountains. By the time the winds reached …