This year’s dry spring fuelled record-setting wildfires in Alberta, capturing international attention as the smoke from the blazes spread across the country, and over the U.S.
Jeff Carlson, a fourth generation farmer in central Alberta, can walk through his canola fields without hitting any plants. In a normal year, the plants would be nearly a metre tall and visitors would have to fight their way through the stalks.
A lack of moisture during the growing season, has been hampering crops, with the south, central and northern part of the Peace region remaining especially dry. “As these moisture levels remain a top priority, we are continuously looking into more options to try and aid our farmers during this time,” she said in a statement.
Stephen Vandervalk, another fourth-generation farmer, grows malt barley, durum and canola around Fort Macleod and Claresholm in southern Alberta. About 25 per cent of his operation’s 4,856 hectares are irrigated but the fields without supplemental water aren’t seeing rain, he said.
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