A farmer in the Randolph area guesses he is about ten to fourteen days away from the start of harvest.

Jason Rempel of Rempelco Acres says this year they are growing their usual mix of wheat, barley, canola, corn, and soybeans. He notes though most of their acres are in the Randolph area, they are also growing crops near Zhoda and Pansy.

According to Rempel, his wheat and barley are getting close to maturity.

"Some areas of the fields are looking very ripe and those would be ready to harvest very, very soon," says Rempel. "We're going to look at starting the wheat and barley harvest probably in the next 10 to 14 days, depending on weather."

As for their canola, Rempel says the smoky conditions probably gave producers a few extra days of bloom on the flowers. However, he notes that the

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