Elevators work, and wait, as weather tampers with harvest

Harvest is in full swing and at the Scoular elevator trucks have been rolling in steadily. But this season has a distinct character.

“It's been a different type of year with the late rains that we had,” reported Scoular Merchandiser Logan Snyder. “There is a lot of wet stuff out there right now.”

As every farmer knows, weather is a big factor in determining when to harvest, as well as the quality of a crop. While trucks loaded with grain arrive at Scoular's elevator day and night, Snyder expects that recent humidity will hold back some cutting for another three or four days.

“We w...