Opportunities to plant have been few and far between and a lot of land still has to be ploughed. \ Philip Doyle
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Wet ground conditions are making work in tillage fields next to impossible. There is very little planting taking place and harvesting of root crops like potatoes or carrots and vegetable crops, is very difficult. In some instances, harvesting is taking place in order to fill supply contracts, but this is most likely causing severe soil damage.
At this point, it seems unlikely that all of the 150,000 plus hectares of winter grain will be planted. It seems unlikely that any more than 5% of this area is in the ground to date, but there are bits going in most weeks in parts of the country. Reduced winter plantings will decrease grain production in 2020.
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Wet ground conditions are making work in tillage fields next to impossible. There is very little planting taking place and harvesting of root crops like potatoes or carrots and vegetable crops, is very difficult. In some instances, harvesting is taking place in order to fill supply contracts, but this is most likely causing severe soil damage.
At this point, it seems unlikely that all of the 150,000 plus hectares of winter grain will be planted. It seems unlikely that any more than 5% of this area is in the ground to date, but there are bits going in most weeks in parts of the country. Reduced winter plantings will decrease grain production in 2020.
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