Thin snowpack in mountains of Alberta, B.C. forcing farmers

Despite the gap between the water necessary to grow thirsty plants such as potatoes and sugar beets, and the predicted water allocation, farmers in Alberta’s irrigated areas are unlikely to give up on these crops

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