'Agricultural disasters' spread in Alberta, but local leaders say Ottawa's ignoring requests for help abpoli cdnpoli
After years of dry summers, 2023 has proved to be a long and frustratingly dry growing season for Western Canadian producers.show the entirety of southern Alberta’s arable land southwards from Wetaskiwin and east of the Rockies suffering from drought, extending east into southwestern Saskatchewan.
The ministry’s report cited producers reporting severe insect damage to crops, poor grazing pastures and a lack of both water and feed. Drought-stricken Alberta’s livestock producers have had to take drastic measures. Ranchers have been selling off their herds “because there’s no grass, and feed is over $300 per tonne.”John Barlow, MP for Foothills and the Conservative party’s agriculture critic, said advanced crop and soil management techniques are allowing farmers to hold onto their topsoil, preventing the devastating dust storms seen in the 1930s and 1980s.
“This is our third dry year in four. Water levels haven’t really returned and guys are trying to rebuild their herds from 2021.”
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