Spring moisture sustains crop through dry July
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The area of Canada covered by drought increased from 18.8 per cent at the end of June to 38.9 per cent at the end of July.
According to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Canadian Drought Monitor, the increase was largely attributed to developing drought conditions across northwestern Ontario, northwestern Quebec and the northern Prairies.
Trevor Hadwin, an agri-climate specialist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, said agricultural regions affected by drought remain limited, with most affected regions in northern and boreal areas.
“Much of the Prairie region received below-normal to well-below-normal precipitation and above-normal temperatures throughout July,” Hadwin said. “Southern Alberta and southern Saskatchewan saw the largest rainfall deficits and the highest temperature anomalies, with much of the region seeing less than 40 per cent of normal precipitation and monthly temperatures three to five degrees above average.”
