The federal and Manitoba governments are spending one million dollars to improve drainage and address other water-related issues affecting agricultural producers in the Rural Municipality (RM) of Bifrost-Riverton.
Over the next three years, Bifrost Agricultural Sustainability Community Service Cooperative Inc. will use the funding to examine the effects of artificially induced excess moisture, varying seeding rates and varietal differences on several crops, through innovative field research.
It will also identify alternative crops for the region that might be suitable and economically viable with improved water management and research ways to mitigate soil erosion and maintain water quality on agricultural lands.
The funding will also go towards rehabilitating more than 330 kilometres of municipal drainage.