100,000 cattle evacuating Lake Manitoba as water rises

The Winnipeg Free Press reports cattle producers have started to move cattle as water rushes into Lake Manitoba at a rate of 25,000 cubic feet per second. As the water continues to rise, producers will move cattle to government-owned pastures in Saskatchewan and Alberta or rent land elsewhere. John Johnson, an area rancher told the Winnipeg Free Press it will cost him about $100 per head in land and transport expenses. It's expected to take between nine months and a year before the land settles enough for cattle to return. Farmland used to grow hay will take three years to return to pre-flood yields. The lake is expected to crest in mid-June and will take a month before receding...more