Farm Crisis in the Interlake Region of Manitoba

Jon Gerrard recently paid a visit to the soggy land of Arborg in the Interlake.
He took great photographs. Since I do not have a car, my travel is limited to the grid in Winnipeg. But this is what he writes about in his blog:" Farms in the region near Arborg and Fisher Branch in the Interlake have been suffering badly this year with the excessive rainfall. Indeed, four municipalities, Fisher, Bifrost, Armstrong and Gimli have all declared disasters and called for provincial and federal government aid.
The situation is so bad, one farmer reported to me he had a muskrat building a house in his grain field. Some photos above help show the situation in the area with much water in the fields. Farmers like Les Jacobsen are using very wide tires, or multiple tires or even caterpillar tracks to drive their farm equipment in the fields.(which have been getting stuck in the mud during the harvest) Brian Johnson, of Johnson seeds, deals with local farmers and hears of the problems every day.
There are major problems with cattail clogged provincial drains (bottom photo), and water management issues which have been poorly attended too.
Farmers in the area need better short term and long term solutions. For some farmers this is the third year in a row of problems. "