Insights and Stories on Drought

Drought-hit tax deferral zones named

Nov. 22, 2016 at 6:33 pm CST

Ottawa has seen enough drought in parts of southwestern Alberta, southern and eastern Ontario and southwestern Quebec to offer deferrals on their ranchers’ 2016 income tax from breeding livestock sales. Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay on Tuesday released the federal government’s initial list of municipalities designated for the 2016 deferral. In […]

Floods cause deaths, block food aid in drought-hit Ethiopia

Apr. 26, 2016 at 7:05 pm CDT

By Katy Migiro

California communities beg for relief from drought restrictions

Apr. 21, 2016 at 6:48 pm CDT

By Sharon Bernstein

California rules led to near 25 per cent cut in water use

Apr. 4, 2016 at 5:18 pm CDT

By Sharon Bernstein

Panama Canal sets depth limit on ships due to drought

Mar. 21, 2016 at 11:57 pm CDT

By Reuters

Drought watch kept on Alberta, early spring expected

Feb. 18, 2016 at 8:05 pm CST

CNS Canada — Above-average temperatures and limited precipitation could mean parts of the Prairies will struggle with soil moisture heading into the spring, according to one specialist. “The soil moisture that we have in the ground right now is similar to what we went into the winter with,” said Trevor […]

By Jade Markus

Drought-related tax deferral zones expand in West

Feb. 2, 2016 at 2:28 pm CST

More livestock producers in the West who had to sell breeding stock due to drought in the 2015 tax year will be able to defer some or most of that income at tax time. Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay on Tuesday announced more designated areas in all four western provinces […]

By Staff

FAO seeks help for drought-ravaged Ethiopia

Jan. 15, 2016 at 3:10 pm CST

Rome | Reuters — Ethiopia faces its worst drought in decades, leading the United Nations’ food agency to call on Friday for an emergency cash injection of US$50 million to help the country overcome the crisis. Crop production has fallen up to 90 per cent in some regions and failed […]

By Reuters

Deep snow in California mountains offers hope in drought

Dec. 31, 2015 at 4:30 pm CST

Reuters — A cold, wet start to California’s winter has dumped nearly five feet of snow in the Sierra Nevada mountains, state water experts said Wednesday, fuelling hope that 2016 will bring enough precipitation to help offset four years of drought. Snow surveyors headed to the mountains in Phillips near […]

By Sharon Bernstein

Drought to shrivel Ukrainian wheat harvest in 2016

Nov. 2, 2015 at 1:26 pm CST

Kiev — Severe drought across half of Ukraine has hit winter sowing and could sharply reduce the country’s 2016 wheat harvest, a senior state weather forecaster said on Monday. The drought, in which the central Dnipropetrovsk region suffered its driest autumn in 50 years, could lead to a 20 per cent […]

By Pavel Polityuk Reuters