‘Used up every drop of water’: Drought conditions wreak havoc on N.B. farmers’ crops
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When farmer Christian Michaud took a look at the corn coming out of one of his crops this week, he knew instantly he wouldn't be able to sell it at his farm stand.
Dry, hot weather in New Brunswick is wreaking havoc on the province’s farms.
When farmer Christian Michaud took a look at the corn coming out of one of his crops in Bouctouche, N.B., this week, he knew instantly he wouldn’t be able to sell it at his farm stand.
The stalks are about a foot shorter than they should be, and the corn cobs are small and barren because they haven’t received enough water.
“That’s one of my best pieces of ground that’s just coming out of rotation: three years of hay,” he said.
“It had every chance on its side for the crop to make it, and it just used up every drop of water in the field, I think.”
Corn is planted in the late spring and grows in the warmer months.
According to Environment Canada’s June 2025 drought assessment, below-normal precipitation and warm temperatures resulted in an overall increase in drought extent and severity in June.
Precipitation was below normal for much of Atlantic Canada. The southern regions of New Brunswick and much of Nova Scotia received less than 85 per cent of normal precipitation.
