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Severe drought in Western Canada will pressure food industry, raise prices: Expert

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new report from Statistics Canada detailing recent crop outputs from across the country have pointed to record-high temperatures and a lack of rainfall as having debilitating effects on farmers’ abilities to produce.

Severe drought in Alberta brings on early harvest “These reports indicate that some crops have matured faster than normal or stagnated in their development,” read the report, released Thursday.“The longer these conditions persist, the greater the negative impact will be on crop and hay yields and ultimately, farm cash receipts.”The statistics agency cited several reports from across Western Canada, detailing declining crop conditions and yields amid the record drought.Alberta reported just 36.6 per cent of crops were in “good.

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