Local farmers facing a ‘desperate situation’ with no end in sight to heat wave, drought
CYPRESS COUNTY, AB – Local farmers say they’re at a tipping point as hot and dry conditions have them facing the possibility of not making a crop this year and looking at financial hardships that will be difficult to recover from.
“Our dryland acres are in, basically, in a desperate situation,” said Nichole Neubauer of Neubauer Farms. “We’ve had very limited rainfall the effect is compounded by consecutive years of drought. We’ve had below-average precipitation with very minimal snowpack since 2017 each year inclusive and the hot dry temperatures are creating a situation where crops are devastated.”
Neubauer Farms, which grows cereals, oilseeds and pulses throughout Cypress County.