{"id":58322,"date":"2015-08-06T22:32:17","date_gmt":"2015-08-06T14:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=58322"},"modified":"2025-01-28T16:56:06","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T21:56:06","slug":"two-more-alberta-counties-declare-state-of-agriculture-disaster-due-to-drought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/08\/06\/two-more-alberta-counties-declare-state-of-agriculture-disaster-due-to-drought\/","title":{"rendered":"Two more Alberta counties declare state of agriculture disaster due to drought"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_48891\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48891\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/shutterstock_182350160.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-48891\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/shutterstock_182350160.jpg\" alt=\"(Shutterstock image)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/shutterstock_182350160.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/shutterstock_182350160-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/shutterstock_182350160-900x646.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-48891\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Shutterstock image)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>EDMONTON &#8211; Another couple of counties in Alberta have declared a state of agriculture disaster due to heat and drought.<\/p>\n<p>Councils in Wetaskiwin and Lamont counties voted Wednesday to make the designation.<\/p>\n<p>Hay producers in the Wetaskiwin area are getting less of a hay crop and it has led to a shortage throughout the county and the province.<\/p>\n<p>The county has also noticed a bigger than usual grasshopper population and producers are considering selling off livestock because they aren&#8217;t making enough money.<\/p>\n<p>In Lamont, the county says dry conditions have resulted in a shortage of pasture land and a high cost of feed that is having a significant impact on the livestock industry.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy tadalista online <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalconferenceonems.com\/wordpress1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/png\/tadalista.html\">https:\/\/nationalconferenceonems.com\/wordpress1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/png\/tadalista.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The declaration will enable producers to participate in any programs that the provincial or federal governments may put in place in the future in order to provide aid.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy cytotec online <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalconferenceonems.com\/wordpress1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/png\/cytotec.html\">https:\/\/nationalconferenceonems.com\/wordpress1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/png\/cytotec.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Several other counties have already declared states of agricultural disaster and are seeking government help for ruined crops.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy valtrex online <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalconferenceonems.com\/wordpress1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/png\/valtrex.html\">https:\/\/nationalconferenceonems.com\/wordpress1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/png\/valtrex.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Agriculture Minister Oneil Carlier is scheduled to give an update Thursday on growing conditions in the province as well as government programs to assist producers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EDMONTON &#8211; Another couple of counties in Alberta have declared a state of agriculture disaster due to heat and drought. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":48891,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,16],"tags":[35],"class_list":["post-58322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ca","category-news","tag-original","mauthors-the-canadian-press1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58322"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":286541,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58322\/revisions\/286541"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}