Combines have harvested the Common Ground canola crop in support of Canadian Foodgrains Bank, east of Rosenfeld. 

Spokesperson Kevin Nickel says this year's project got off to a shaky start.

"We were supposed to have soybeans this year, but it was a terribly wet spring. The crop insurance seeding deadline for soybeans came and went. It was just too wet here to do anything, so we had to let that go and we made a Plan B with canola. So, the canola went in very late and then, about a week later, there was a huge rain, so the whole field was underwater. But after the water receded and lo and behold, the canola actually came up. So, we've actually got a very consistent solid crop year."

Darrell Stoesz, another farmer involved in the project, says the yield from the crop east of Rosenfeld and the turnout of combines did not disappoint. 

"That was tough this year too, because of the staging of so many crops. There's still wheat out there. Guys are doing all kinds of different crops; people are doing corn. Generally, we fit in between some of the crops where we get people out to help. So, this year we've had to beat the bushes a little harder, but many of our regular supporters are coming with equipment. So, it's going to be awesome. It's going to be good and a good yield and, with the prices right now, we think we'll do really well"

A well-standing crop has alleviated initial concerns about getting the crop to feed properly into the combines. The lack of an early frost also worked in their favor. 

Nickel says this community-building and fulfilling project draws people back year after year. 

"We have lunch together and we stand around and visit a little bit and I mean, what better cause is there to work for than world hunger? I mean, there's no debate about that. So, I think everybody just feels like it's just a really wholesome thing to participate in. So yeah, we really, we really appreciate the people who come out and just the whole experience."