WATCH ABOVE: Quebec farmers are speaking out about what they’re calling an unprecedented and disastrous season. They say the massive amounts of rain the province has received has been drowning their crops and it’s costing them millions.
In Canada, crop insurance is available to farmers in all provinces to help cover production losses in the event of natural hazards such as drought, flood, excessive heat or snow and more.Hundreds of thousands without power as spring storm hits Quebec, Ontario In Saskatchewan’s case, last year’s drought conditions strained crop production, resulting in a year-over-year output decrease of nearly 11 per cent and forcing the provincial government to spend nearly $1.2 billion more than budgeted through its Ministry of Agriculture.
Keith Currie, president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, said while the disaster relief funding is welcome, severe weather events are becoming so commonplace that the entire system may need to be re-evaluated. AgriRecovery, for example, has been criticized as being too slow to respond in the wake of a disaster — he said it’s not uncommon for farmers to wait months or even a year to receive funding.Total solar eclipse is almost here.
“One of the best defences we have against climate change or extreme weather events is really investment in research,” Sereda said, adding science can reduce climate-related crop failure through innovations such as the development of drought-resistant seed varieties.
Lhermie, the University of Calgary professor, said in the short-term, climate change means governments will have no choice but to pour more money into the agriculture industry to help it withstand extreme weather events.
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