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Tuesday, August 13, 2019
Farmers in the province are hoping that a break in the wet weather comes sooner rather than later
Aerial photos from above Lac Ste. Anne County show highly saturated farmers fields. The pictures were taken on August 1 as part of a flood survey by the county. On August 8, Lac Ste. Anne officially declared a state of Agricultural Disaster due to the volume and frequency of precipitation in 2019. By Serena Lapointe
On August 7, just after three in the afternoon, Lac Ste. Anne County posted on its Facebook page that it was officially declaring a State of
Agricultural Disaster. The post stated that the “volume and frequency of precipitation in 2019 has caused incorrigible damage to the crops within the municipali-
ty.” The post continued to say that though the degree of damage varies through the county, almost all crops have continued on page 23
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