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- Flooded agricultural lands can result in delayed or no planting of crops. On the other hand, droughts, and efforts to alleviate their effects, cost Canadians many millions of dollars every year in lost crop production, insurance claims as a result of crop failure, and associated food price increases.
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Sep 18, 2024 · Canadian agriculture water usage has increased due to dry conditions. Improving water efficiency can lessen the negative effects of droughts and improve profitability.
For farmers whose crops and livestock depend on water, not knowing how their water resources change from day-to-day or year-over-year can lead to immense consequences for Canada’s food systems. To help farmers and other decision makers, researchers are building next generation water-modelling tools that will help predict floods, droughts and ...
Canadian farmers used about 40% less water to irrigate their crops in 2020 compared with two years earlier, mostly due to more rainy conditions in Canada. Most of the irrigated water was used for field or forage crops.
Jul 23, 2021 · At the Canada level, in 2018, the most widespread practices implemented to conserve water or energy were incorporating compost or other organic matter into soil (18%), watering at night or in the morning (18%), and using water or energy saving nozzles (17%).
