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Rainfall Graph May 1- Sep 30 2007 by Walt Vermunt on 10/22/2007 Please click on the above PDF link to view graph. While rainfall varied f… CHU Graph May 1- Sep 30 2007 by Walt Vermunt on 10/22/2007 Please click on the above PDF link to view graph. Accumulated Heat Units f… Crop Progress Report for the Seaforth area for week of July 23rd, 2007 by Jim Barclay on 07/27/2007 Wheat: Wheat harvest is well on the way, and initial yield reports are… Bean Update for July 19/07 by Rick Vandewalle on 07/19/2007 The dry bean crop in the province looks tremendous despite the below normal… OMAF Crop Update by Jim Barclay on 07/16/2007 Winter Cereals Harvest has begun! Yields range from slightly below average …

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Please click on the above PDF link to view graph.

While rainfall varied from location to location as seen on the graph, variation was also found within locations where the rainfall was measured. As one grower who lives within 5 km of the Exeter location stated "that sure as heck wasn't measured at my farm". Living on the concessions not in the path of the rain clouds was not a good thing in 2007 since the showers were so sporadic this summer. Not only the amount but also the timing of the rainfall had a huge impact on crop development. Fields that did not receive rainfall during pollination and/or seed development suffered yield losses as a result. Reports of growers seeing huge variations in yields are common.

In reading the graph note that it is set up as a "stacked" bar graph with each month's data stacked on the previous month for a location. The lines that cross the bar indicate the "normal" expected for the location as of the month end. Accumulation measured and normals expected are colour co-ordinated on the legend at the bottom of the graph.