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"Farmers have nowhere to store their next harvest, due to start in late June, which may therefore rot." In Saskatchewan (where I grew up on a farm), when the g
by troymc 4y ago
"Farmers have nowhere to store their next harvest, due to start in late June, which may therefore rot."
In Saskatchewan (where I grew up on a farm), when the grain bins get full, some farmers put their grain in shops or sheds normally used for storing farm machinery. Others put it in long giant plastic bags out in their fields. Others build makeshift plywood cylinders on some bare land (such as an already-harvested field). In short, farmers will do what they can to protect their harvests.
- bryanlarsen 4y agoAd hoc storage in Saskatchewan is for fall harvest and over winter storage. Rot isn't a concern when it is cold and dry. In contrast Ukraine plants a higher percentage of fall crops harvesting in the summer and has about twice as much rainfall. Ad hoc storage is much more challenging. They'll try, but they'll lose a lot more crop than a Saskatchewan farmer would.