Manitoba municipality declares state of agricultural disaster due to drought, record-breaking heat
The lack of rain, along with the heat dome, has been stressing crops and producers in Manitoba
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This article was published 05/07/2021 (1226 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Relentless heat, record-breaking temperatures and a lack of rain is pushing some Manitoba farmers over the edge.
The Rural Municipality of St. Laurent, in the Interlake region, declared an agricultural state of disaster on Monday.
The municipality says it has received less than 40 per cent of the normal amount of rain so far this year, crop yields are coming in at excessively low volumes and dugouts and wells are dry or drying up.
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