Scott Meers, insect management specialist with Alberta Agriculture, reports the appearance of cabbage seedpod weevil south of Highway 1 and in the Rocky View, Kneehill and Wheatland areas. |
A similar situation exists in Mongolia, where over the last 20 years half the wheatland has been abandoned and wheat yields have also fallen by half, shrinking the harvest by three fourths. |
Wheatland County included the survey in their property tax bills to ratepayers. |