In Toronto, heavy rain and flooding on Tuesday knocked out power to thousands of homes and shut down several major routes and terminals, including Union Station, the Don Valley Parkway, and Lake Shore Boulevard.
As of the end of last week, the Ontario winter wheat harvest was estimated only at about 10% complete overall, although Real Agriculture agronomist Peter Johnson said some producers in the deep southwest part of the province were already complete.
And while Johnson said at the time that crop quality was still holding up well, the rounds of heavy rain since then have likely now changed things. Crop lodging, which was already becoming a problem before the rains from Beryle swept through, figures to be worse now.
The good news is the weather outlook is improving. A note from World Weather on Wednesday said mostly dry and warm weather is expected for the next week to 10 days, which should allow the winter wheat harvest to get back on track. Corn and soybean crop conditions should also improve with the drier weather, the note added.
Source : Syngenta.ca