BARRIE, ONT The rain over the weekend may have affected some outdoor plans, but it came as welcome news for some local farmers, who have faced a dry start to the summer season. Barrie Hill Farms owner Morris Gervais says they have received about an inch of rain over the last few days. Gervais says despite the dry start to the season, the crops are doing well. He adds that he would prefer dryer than wetter conditions, as too much rain can impact production. The amount of rainfall, however, proved ideal as a foundation to begin raspberry season. In fruit production, too much water is hard to manage, Gervais says. Raspberries are very perishable, and they can be susceptible to too much rain. So that rain came just at a perfect time.
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THE BLUE MOUNTAINS, ONT. Large farm operations in COVID-19 hot spot regions are working to vaccinate as many migrant workers as possible as another growing season gets underway. Fruit and vegetable growers rely on foreign workers who must be tested before boarding a plane and then again upon arrival. That has to be negative as well for everything to continue as normal, which is stay in a quarantine location for 14 days, and like any other Canadian citizen that s arriving, they must also have a day-10 negative test as well, explained Goldsmith Orchards Kyle Oakley. Some 60,000 migrant farmworkers arrive in Canada, many from Central America and the Caribbean, to grow and harvest the country s food supply.
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