As Alberta crops are decimated by “unprecedented” heat and drought conditions, local producers are having to make difficult decisions about how to make the…
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Unprecedented heat and drought continues to hammer Alberta farms We can t remember the last time we declared an agriculture disaster. It has to go back at least 25 years but Vulcan County might never have
Author of the article: Stephanie Babych
Publishing date: Jul 29, 2021 • 2 hours ago • 4 minute read • Jason Schneider, Vulcan County councillor, reeve and farmer stands in his neighbour’s wheat field devastated by drought conditions on Thursday, July 29, 2021. This time last year the same field was waist high with a bumper crop. Vulcan County issued a declaration of municipal agricultural disaster last week. Photo by Gavin Young/Postmedia
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