REGINA, Saskatchewan — In mid-October, when most Midwestern U.S. farmers were just getting rolling on corn and soybean harvest, farmers in western Canada had completed their harvest and were taking stock of a pretty good year.
Saskatchewan farmers grow variety of crops
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Paul Marcotte (left) farms about 5,500 acres near Regina, Saskatchewan, growing crops rare in the U.S. Midwest, such as canola and durum wheat. At right is his brother, Neil. The farm lies in the part of Canada’s breadbasket north of Montana and North Dakota.
Grain bins are often smaller and more abundant on farms in Saskatchewan and other parts of western Canada, in part because farmers grow a variety of crops and store them separately.
Rolling hills bordering the farm fields were shaped by glaciers.
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