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September 4, 2002
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| Government
of Manitoba: |
Manitoba Announces $1 Million Irrigation
Development Program
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Canadian Press: |
First drought, now wet weather hampering
farmers trying to harvest
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September 3, 2002
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| Western
Producer: |
Canola harvest half of average: StatsCan
report
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August
31, 2002
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Canadian Agriculture On-line: |
No Alberta import ban on feed grain
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August
30, 2002
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Canadian Press: |
Another hay lottery in Sask sees 250 finalists
for feed for cattle
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August
29, 2002
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CBC News: |
Some Manitoba farmers could cash in with
harvest
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Western Producer: |
Hard times ahead for grain handlers
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Globe and Mail: |
Ranchers worry about looming hay shortage
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August
28, 2002
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CBC News: |
Alberta farmers buying Saskatchewan pastures
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Canadian Press: |
Central Canadians continue to offer Prairie
farmers hay and money
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Government of Saskatchewan: |
Livestock Drought Loans Available Next Week
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August
27, 2002
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Canadian Press: |
Second hay lottery for drought-stricken
Saskatchewan farmers likely this week
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Canadian Press: |
Farm income for 2002 falls as farmers face
impact of drought in 2001
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Associated Press: |
Wheat climbs amid supply worries
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Lethbridge Research Centre: |
Cover crops can prevent erosion of
drought-stricken fields
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August
24, 2002
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Canadian Press: |
2002 crop year one of worst for Western
Canada, says StatsCan
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Canadian Press: |
Food banks feel the pressures of crippling
drought on the Prairies
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August
23, 2002
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Western Producer: |
Alliance drought tour kicks off under rain
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CBC News: |
Another hay lottery on tap for Alberta farmers
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Reuters: |
Canada crop yields conjure memories of
Depression
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August
22, 2002
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Bank of Montreal: |
Bank of Montreal launches drought assistance
program
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August
20, 2002
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| Government
of Saskatchewan: |
Saskatchewan announces drought aid details
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| Government
of Saskatchewan: |
Help for Livestock Producers
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| Canadian
Agriculture On-line: |
Ottawa matches rail cars for Hay West
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| Canadian
Agriculture On-line: |
Bridge farm aid streamed into NISA
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| Western
Producer: |
Feeding in Drought Requires Planning
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| Western
Producer: |
Graze
Fragile Land with Care
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| Canadian
Press: |
Map reveals more than half of province's
regions qualify for drought aid
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| Globe and
Mail: |
Ottawa to pay for extra hay rail cars
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| Western
Producer: |
Hay lottery unites community
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August
19, 2002
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| Agriculture
and Agri-Food Canada: |
Alberta Farmers Await Ministers Visit
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| Agriculture
and Agri-Food Canada: |
Vanclief Announces Formula to Deliver $600
Million in Farm Funding
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| Alberta
Government: |
Alberta helps make eastern generosity
a western reality
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| CBC: |
Alberta Farmers Await Ministers Visit
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| Canadian
Press: |
Nova Scotia Farmers Offer More Hay Than
Railcars Can Carry
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| Western
Producer: |
Ranchers Praise Eastern Hay Sellers
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August
16, 2002
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| Government
of Manitoba: |
Straw Listing Service Launched
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Agricultural Institute of Canada Foundation: |
Announces Hay West Harvest Campaign
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| Western
Producer: |
Farm Aid Benefit in October
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| Canadian
Press: |
Alberta Drought
Forces Cattle Prices Down
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| Stockhouse: |
Shell
Fuels Hay to Canadian Farmers
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| CBC: |
Rural Businesses Pinched by Western Drought
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| Western
Producer: |
Farm Politics Sink Feed Plan
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| Government
of Manitoba: |
Straw Listing Service Launched
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| Traditional
Beer Brewery |
Big Rock Brewery to Support Drought Aid 2002
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August
15, 2002
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| National Post: Drought
Feature: |
Deepening
Despair Grips Arid Farmlands
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| Globe and Mail: |
More
farm aid: Is it salvation or a Band-Aid?
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| Western Producer: |
Ottawa
asked for more help with bale-out
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| Canadian Press: |
Sask.
won't let farmers cut 4,000 tonnes of hay on Crown land during
drought
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| Canadian Press: |
Alliance
drought forum calls on agriculture companies to give farmers a
better break
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| Canadian Press: |
Flood
of calls and charity will save Alberta woman's horses and help
others
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August
14, 2002
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| Government
of Alberta: |
Alberta
government continues to extend its support for producers
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| Canadian
Press: |
Alberta
hay shortfall totals 650,000 metric tonnes, says ag minister
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| Canada
Newswire: |
How
the news media can help HayWest
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| Western
Producer: |
Phone
staff hear woes
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| CFIA: |
Information
for groups or individuals wishing to donate to drought-stricken
farmers in Western Canada
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August 13, 2002
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| Western Producer: |
Drought
interferes with cattle marketing cycle
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| Canadian Press: |
Weather
kinder to Nova Scotia farmers, most crops in good shape
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| Government of Alberta: |
Alberta
farm disaster loan program another option for financially stressed
farmers
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| National Post: |
MP
calls for more help shipping hay West
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| Canada/Agriculture On-Line: |
Hay
donors asked to register
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August 11, 2002
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| Canadian Press: |
Where's
the beef? Prairie drought diminishing Alberta cattle herd day by day
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| Canadian Press: |
More
hay than rail cars stems flow of feed to Western Canada
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August 10, 2002
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| Canadian Press: |
Moose
Jaw, Sask., farmers glad for rain, but hope too much doesn't harm crops
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| Canadian Press: |
Southern
Alberta farmers say high prices are fair market, not gouging
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August 9, 2002
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| Canadian Press: |
Rail
cars made available to ship hay West from Atlantic region
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August 8, 2002
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| Western Producer: |
Thousands
in need, only few win hay
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| Globe and Mail:
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Grim
harvest seen for parched wheat farms
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August 7, 2002
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| Canadian Press: |
Premier
tells southern Alta farmers to stop gouging producers hit by drought
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| Canadian Press: |
Worst
grain crop on Prairies in more than 12 years boosts prices for farmers
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