Farming is in Joe Dickenson’s blood. Growing up as the son of a dairy cattle farmer just outside of Sarnia, Dickenson decided at a young age he would like to join the family business.
April 2020 Joe Dickenson Interview (Video)
Unprecedented Hectarage in Southwestern Ontario Still Not Planted
Dickenson is among the farmers hard-hit by the wet weather. His farm in Lambton – the county with the most damage reports filed to Agricorp this year at 1,246 – is heavy Brisbane clay, which retains water for days. Farmers on clay soils typically need a week of dry weather for crops to develop fully their root systems.