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Manitoba municipality declares state of agricultural disaster due to drought, record-breaking heat

July 6, 2021 By CBC News

The Rural Municipality of St. Laurent, in the Interlake region of Manitoba, declared an agricultural state of disaster on Monday. Water supply and water quality is a growing concern, while a grasshopper infestation is compounding the lack of forage, the municipality said. CBC News reports. | READ MORE