Wildfires gripped Canada last year. Now, US farmers are feeling the burn

Smoke from blazes lingered over Ohio and other states in the corn belt affecting maturation, raising fears of crop damageIt was early November and Scott Haerr still had 2,500 acres of corn to harvest on his farm in south-west Ohio.The harvest should be much further down the road - a dry spring was followed by adequate summer rain and heat, and then a dry fall meant no obvious delays were in the forecast. But the crop, he said, just hadn't ripened on cue. Continue reading...