If the devastating economic impacts COVID-19 weren’t already enough, at least one crucial Alberta industry is being dealt another blow.
The pandemic impacts plus a late spring are causing significant delays for farmers who had hoped for an early start. “It’s too wet.
We can’t even get the seed drills out — they’re in snowbanks,” farmer with Inland Park Farms Ken Farion said. “It’s going to be a hectic spring for a lot of farmers.” Farion said much of the neighbourhood has a lot of harvest left.
While a late spring is cause for concern, it is just one more issue in the midst of this pandemic. “Farmers are obviously looking at commodity prices and the global impact COVID-19 is having on agricultural products,” Minister of Agriculture and