An Alberta County has declared an agricultural disaster due to drought.
The lack of spring moisture has left the land stressed right at the start of prime growing season.
The County of Stettler is the first municipality to declare a disaster in Alberta this year, due to drought.
It is encouraging the provincial and federal governments to initiate programming to assist the agricultural industry and producers.
The county declared similar disasters in 2021 and 2018.
The federal and provincial governments joined forces to support the work being done at the Livestock and Forage Centre of Excellence (LFCE).
Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister David Marit announced $6.6 million dollars in funding over the next five years at the annual LFCE field day.
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