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Dry P.E.I. conditions have some farmers calling on government to lift high-capacity well ban

Some P.E.I. farmers are calling for government to lift its moratorium on high-capacity agricultural wells to allow more irrigation as the province enters “a near-crisis situation” in terms of dryness, said the executive director of the P.E.I. Federation of Agriculture.

Robert Godfrey said the lack of rain has decimated crops this year and the province needs to take another look at lifting the moratorium. | READ MORE