After a couple of dry years and a hard winter, Kelcy Elford said livestock producers in Saskatchewan are in a bad situation. The province is stepping .
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REGINA A group representing Saskatchewan livestock producers said measures announced by the provincial government on Wednesday were a necessary move to help producers. [The government] acted in a timely fashion to put in tools that are going to help producers navigate this drought, said Kelcy Elford, president of the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association. The drought affecting parts of southern Saskatchewan is causing major problems for livestock producers. The SSGA said an insurance option to use damaged crops to feed livestock will go a long way toward addressing the major concerns surrounding the expectation winter feed will be in short supply.
CALGARY Canadian farmers are calling for emergency disaster relief as drought ravages crops and pastures across the Prairie provinces and beyond. Scorching temperatures and little to no rainfall have left crops in poor condition across wide swaths of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. In some parts of the country, grasshoppers have infested fields. Several municipalities have declared states of agricultural disaster and ranchers say they are running out of hay to feed their cattle. On his ranch near Moose Jaw, Sask., Kelcy Elford said conditions are the driest he s seen in more than 20 years. Much of the crop he planted for grazing didn t germinate at all and the parched soil is cracking.