Farmers across New Brunswick are reeling after a hot, dry summer all but roasted their crops, and have been left wondering what future summers will bring.
Produce farmers all feeling the heat as harvest approaches
Sam Farley · CBC News
· Posted: Sep 14, 2025 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
Some apple varieties on the Bostwick Farm on the Kingston Peninsula have been smaller this year due to the drought. (Submitted by Don Bostwick)
Farmers across New Brunswick are reeling after a hot, dry summer all but roasted their crops, and have been left wondering what future summers will bring.
Don Bostwick’s family has been farming on his Kingston Peninsula apple farm for seven generations, dating back to the 1700s.
“If I could bring any of them back, they would tell you that they’ve never seen a drought like this. We just can’t get rain,” Bostwick said.
This summer’s dry conditions have not been easy on the apple farm — Bostwick says the trees are stressed, and with a chuckle, admits he is too.
Some of his apple varieties that ripen earlier in the season are larger from the early spring rains, but others are smaller and dropping earlier off the trees, some of which are dotted with crispy and dried-up leaves.
This is the time of year when trees will store up energy for the following year,
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