Prolonged dry conditions this summer are causing stress for local producers and may affect options for consumers if it doesn't start to regularly rain soon.
Ontario Federation of Agriculture Executive Director Crispin Colvin, who represents Lambton and Middlesex County, said the crops "simply aren't growing" as usual for this time of year because of current weather conditions.
"The end result is going to be poor yields and it could even be potentially, in some cases, possibly even no yields," he said.
Colvin said it's worrisome and people may not realize how stressful this summer has been.
"It's very stressful for farmers when this happens because it's our livelihood. You don't want to see people suffer or lose their farm potentially, I don't think we're at the stage where people would lose their farm particularly but it's very stressful."
It's not necessarily too late for the rain to swoop in and help crops. Colvin said rain "at almost anytime" will support growth but yield may still be low.
"Corn is a pretty resilient crop so it can come back but what will happen is the cobs will be smaller, they won't have the kernels on them so again yield is down," he said.
Colvin also said if soybeans don't get rain at the right time, yields will be down and pods will be small as they won't contain as many beans inside.
"It is a problem. If we don't get rain -- substantial rains, crops are definitely going to suffer."
Weather conditions won't only impact crops and farmers, but consumers as well. Colvin said it may affect the selection and there are "fears" it'll cause prices to go up even more.
"There's a real domino effect to the weather patterns," he said.
Most parts of southwestern Ontario have been under a heat warning since Monday.