A second rural municipality in Alberta has declared an agricultural disaster because of drought this spring as beef producers head into summer, a period typically of less rain. “We haven’t seen the total effects of the drought,” said Stan Schulmeister, reeve of the County of Paintearth east of Red Deer. “But the agricultural producer that’s strictly dealing with livestock is going to find it very difficult to find feed this year because it’s almost province-wide, the damage to the hay crop and so on.”
The Sprout: More Alberta communities declare drought disaster
We start with a drought update. More communities in Alberta have declared a state of agricultural disaster as drought continues to decimate crops across much of Western Canada. As CBC News reports, Rocky View County is the latest to make the declaration because of expectations of terrible yields this year. Meanwhile, ranchers in Alberta say they, too, are continuing to struggle and are worried about feeding their animals as the drought hits feed supplies. Global News has that story.