2013 Shaping Up to Be Good for Local Growers Posted by Ginny Henry | May 01, 2013 | 2013, agriculture, apples, BruceGreySimcoe, crops, farmers, local growers, Ontario, Owen Sound Sun Times, RTO7, spring crops, winter wheat With more traditional spring weather this year, things are looking up for growers in our area. Not only the apple crop suffered last year as writer Rob Gowan discovers in his Owen Sound Sun Times article, "Better spring for apple farmers."