Canada: Prairie Drought Slashes Production

False-color Landsat7 Satellite Image - Hamlin, Saskatchewan

There are many more bare fields this year than there were in 2000, a more normal year. Dark blue fields are ripe wheat fields, ready to be harvested. Purple fields are canola.

Many fields are bare because of drought.

Small grain fields are ripe, and ready for harvest.

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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 - Hamlin, Saskatchewan

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