Volunteer trucks and harvesters will be getting underway on Thursday to throw in a helping hand for the Taber and District Foodgrains Project harvest, set to begin at noon.
This season won’t see a record crop for the project.
“Not the greatest,” said board member Bruce Warkentin. “The crop hasn’t been doing too well, and we seeded late, and we’re harvesting late. It’s been spotty, so we’re not expecting huge yields.”

There are no guarantees in life.
But local corn grower Garry Valgardson gave as close as you could for one, calming the fears of many that Taber’s annual Cornfest would not have the sweet kernel treat for late August.
With the poor growing season hampering corn growers in southern Alberta, no grower who was at the recent meeting with organizers with the Taber Chamber of Commerce was willing to go on record that its corn crop would be ready for Cornfest.