REGINA – Unseasonably warm weather has helped some Prairie farmers finish a harvest that was delayed because of snow.
Murray Taks farms near Crossfield, Alta., northeast of Calgary, and joyfully says that he’s done harvesting and is helping neighbours finish up.
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Farmers across Saskatchewan and Alberta were behind in getting their crops off because snow, then rain, in early October left fields saturated and brought combines to a halt.
Taks says it’s a big relief to be done.
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Don Williams, who farms in Lanigan, Sask., started harvesting Aug. 22, but didn’t finished until last Wednesday.
Williams says only about one-third of his crop was dry, so he’s dried about 130,000 bushels of grain so far and has another 60,000 to go.
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