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 would like too...