Crops in Chatham-Kent in desperate need of more sunshine
According to senior agronomist Dale Cowan with AGRIS Co-operative Ltd., crops in Chatham-Kent have not only seen too much rainfall, but there has been too little sunshine as well. “I have seen seasons this wet before. What is a bit unusual is the intensity of the rainfall events,” Cowan said. “We had almost twice our normal rainfall for the summer months.”
The lack of

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