Drought Response

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Management information | Response toolbox | Stress management
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The Agriculture Drought Risk Management Plan provides producers with strategies that can be used to take appropriate action during and immediately following a drought to reduce drought impacts on their operations. A Response Toolbox provides a range of possible actions from mitigation during the early stages of drought to financial stabilization during and following more severe conditions.
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Management Information

Producers using these links will find information about business management information, crop management information, and livestock and forage management information.

Livestock Water Requirements
This calculator helps you determine the average daily and annual water requirement numbers for beef, poultry, swine, sheep/goats, dairy and diversified livestock.

Hay, Straw and Pasture Listings
This web page provides lists of hay wanted and for sale. If you wish to have a listing posted on Alberta Agriculture's hay, pasture, and straw lists, you may use the on-line form or call the Alberta Ag-Info Centre, toll-free in Alberta at 1-866-882-7677.

Response Toolbox

The Agriculture Drought Risk Management Plan provides a Response Toolbox of possible actions to implement in the face of worsening drought. The Response Toolbox includes the following options:

Provide Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development's Water Pumping Program.
Implement Water Rationing.
Provide information to affected farmers on financial management and stress management.
Assess available feed supplies.
Implement a water hauling program.
Implement a feed/livestock freight assistance program.
Offer the Dugout Water Pumping Program at reduced rates.
Recommend Tax Deferral.

For more information on drought-related programs and safety net programs, visit the links below.
Provincial Agriculture-Related Programs
Agriculture and Agri Food Canada PFRA Programs and Services
Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (AFSC)

Stress Management

Stress is a normal reaction to anything that threatens our safety and well-being. If you or a member of your family need assistance managing stress, help may be only a phone call away.

Alberta Mental Health Help Line 1-877-303-2642
This toll-free help line provides confidential advice and information on mental health services 24 hours a day.

Community Mental Health Clinics
These clinics provide voluntary clinical community-based mental health services to individuals of all ages who reside in the province of Alberta. Treatment services from the various programs are provided free of charge. For more information call the clinic in your area or call the confidential help line at 1-877-303-2642.

Recognizing when and how stress is affecting you and others is an important first step to managing it. The following articles point out some symptons to watch for and provide suggestions on what you can do to help yourself and others.

Resiliency in Rural People (615 KB PDF)
Managing Stress (555 KB PDF)
Preventing Suicide (613 KB PDF)

Drought Response

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