The sound of the irrigation sprinklers has been a common one in the Holland Marsh this month because there hasn't been much rain.

Jason Verkaik, a grower in the Holland Marsh, estimates area only had 10 to 15 millimetres of rain in the month of June. According to Environment Canada, the area normally sees about 87 millimetres.

“On our farm we've been irrigating 12 out of the last 14 nights/days,” he says. “We have three or four pumps going simultaneously just to keep our crops going.”

High winds in recent days have added to the problem.

“If you look at how dry the earth is well that acts like sandpaper in those 65 km/h winds and chops everything to bits.”

Conditions have been so treacherous that 400 acres or carrots have been reseeded in the march over the last 10 days.

In Oro-Medonte, many farmers do not have the benefit of an irrigation system and must rely on Mother Nature to deliver rain.

“Stuff that was planted one or two weeks ago into some dry ground is going to have a tough time to get going,” says farmer Scott Brown. “It's not serious yet, but if we don't get it soon it will be.”

Colin Elliot, a spokesperson with the Simcoe County Wheat Producer, describes the situation as critical.

He says if the region doesn’t see rain in the next few days, it could put the soy, corn and wheat crop in jeopardy.