The extreme heat and lack of precipitation is being felt on farms across Alberta, and there's a high probability of it hurting this year's yield.
The quasi-drought is noticeable south of Red Deer and gets even worse south of Calgary, where many regions were already short of moisture as far back as last year.
"This is weather we're used to in August," Gladys Ridge farmer Leroy Newman said."We've never seen it in June like this."Some seeds haven't yet germinated. On Leroy Newman's farm, thousands of acres of hay, wheat, barley, peas and canola have taken a beating. "Currently," the late April report reads,"moisture reserves are extremely low across many areas and timely rains are more important now than ever. Many areas have received well below normal rainfall, a condition that persists since at least Aug. 1."
"A lot of areas in Alberta and Saskatchewan are into our third or fourth year of normal than drier conditions," Todd Lewis with the Canadian Federation of Agriculture said."It's frustrating. There's not much you can do as a farmer if it doesn't rain."
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