WINNIPEG -- A climatologist says dry conditions across Canada's prairie provinces may lead to a drought – a situation he says could be devastating for prairie growers. In his soil moisture report delivered early last week, Manitoba Infrastructure Minister Ron Schuler said precipitation levels in southern parts of Manitoba and Saskatchewan are down 20 per cent what they have normally been for the past 40 years. The minister said the province's risk of any major spring flooding is low. He said because the Red River has already peaked, the Red River Floodway will not be used this year. While spring flooding is not a concern, Schuler said another problem could potentially be on the horizon – a drought.