Brendan Byrne has been rushing all week to get corn, soy beans and wheat into the soil on his farm in southwestern Ontario. The Essex County grain farmer is weeks behind in his planting schedule due to this year’s soggy and cool spring. Ordinarily, all crops would be planted by the first week of June but the wet weather has brought significant delays, he said. Agricorp said it was extending planting deadlines for various crops this year, including bell and banana peppers, canola, corn, green peas and onions. “In every part of the province, some have felt pressured to ‘mud it in’ and work in borderline to unfit conditions,” the report said.

Source: thestar June 29, 2019 15:11 UTC