There is some rain in the forecast, but the North Gower farmers worry it won't be enough. Farmers in Eastern Ontario say they're in "dire need" of rain in the next "week to ten days," or they risk losing up to forty per cent of their crop. Farmers in North Gower say the soil is "bone dry." Fellow North Gower farmer Doug McKay, said there hasn't been a time in recent memory when it was this dry, this early in the year. Some farmers in North Gower, about 40 kilometres south of Ottawa, said they've had to begin using irrigation systems to water their crops for the first time since 2012.

Source: CBC News June 04, 2016 09:00 UTC