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Farmer Warren Sekulic experienced nearly the full spectrum of grief when
snow blanketed his crops on Wednesday going from denial, anger,
bargaining, to acceptance.
"You're a little bit in disbelief, a little bit angry," he said
Thursday, adding, "A whole lot angry maybe. I'm a little younger so
maybe I'm a little more hotheaded than my father."
A northern Alberta farmer situated about 70 kilometres north of Grande Prairie —
an area which was forecasted to get 10 to 15 cm of snow Wednesday —
Sekulic had only heard stories from his grandparents about snow showing
up so early in September.
"You just have to accept it or you'll kind of go crazy," he said.
Sekulic isn't grieving his losses though. Bargaining on his
ability to deal with mother nature's unrelenting attitude toward farmers
— he's got to scramble to save what he can and said he's persevering.
The snow has seriously affected his canola and wheat crops,
certainly downgrading his wheat from grade one or two, to a grade three
or the "feed" classification — making their value much less.
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