Canada: Prairie Drought Slashes Production

False-color Landsat7 Satellite Image - Galahad, Alberta

There is a dramatic difference in the presence of vegetation between 1999, a normal year, and 2002. Red indicates the presence of vegetation, and light blue shows bare fields. Fields that were sparse in mid-July, 2002, continued to deteriorate into late-August. Also notice how ponds and rivers (shown in black) have dried up this year.

Fields have little vegetation, and ponds are dry.

Fields have vegetation, and ponds are full of water.

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For more information, contact Jim Tringe (james.tringe@usda.gov)
with the Production Estimates and Crop Assessment Division, at (202)720-0882


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Canada: Prairie Drought Slashes Production

False-color Landsat7 Satellite Image - Galahad, Alberta

For more information, contact Jim Tringe (james.tringe@usda.gov) with the Production Estimates and Crop Assessment Division, at (202)720-0882

For more information, contact Jim Tringe (james.tringe@usda.gov)
with the Production Estimates and Crop Assessment Division, at (202)720-0882