Grain farmers in southwestern Saskatchewan ask for crop insurance changes as they deal with their ninth consecutive year of drought.
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Southwestern Saskatchewan grain farmers ask for drought relief
Province announces implementation of the Crown Grazing Lease Rental Reduction Program for this grazing season

Alta. municipalities fight drought aid exclusion
MDs of Greenview and Lesser Slave River and Brazeau County left out of federal-provincial drought assistance program
CALGARY — Three rural municipalities in northern Alberta are fighting to get a financial lifeline for their livestock producers after being excluded from a federal-provincial drought assistance program. People are dropping out of the cattle industry because of ongoing dry conditions that are raising fears about the sector’s prospects this year, said beef producer Bill […] Read more