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Canada: 4-18 feet of water on Ontario's major vegetable-growing regions

Parts of one of Ontario’s major vegetable-growing regions is under water. And it’s not just a little water. Jamie Reaume of the Holland Marsh Growers Association says some farm fields there are under from 4 to 18 feet of water. He says dykes holding back the water from Lake Simcoe have been breached or have given away in several areas.

He says they’ve been coping with high water levels on the lake all year – and every time they drain some off it rains and brings those levels back up again. Reaume says those growers are done – they won’t be harvesting any crops this year.

But he says since farmers are price-takers, and not price-makers, consumers will likely see imports take up the slack and there won’t be any significant price difference at the retail level. Reaume says what’s needed now is a full re-evaluation of the dyke system and how water is kept off the farmland in the Marsh.

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