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A Leader-area farmer is feeling pessimistic about the harvest as hot and dry conditions have devastated many of his crops.
Brent Watts grows wheat and lentils on part of his farm. He has suffered extensive crop damage.
“There won’t be anything to cut, or very little. There’s big spots burnt out of it. And the heads are coming out. It’s just above your ankles and (there’s) no rain in the forecast,” Watts said.
“It’s been dry for so long and now the last week has pretty well finished it.”
He says it would take a “significant rainfall” to salvage those crops but doubts that will happen.
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