The Manitoba government, in conjunction with the feds, is initiating a task force to come up with innovative ways to help producers struggling with excess moisture.
The announcement came down as part of the NDP's throne speech yesterday.
Ag Minister Ron Kostyshyn said this task force will be designed to find alternative mechanisms to help producers deal.
"It's going to be made up of a number of individuals from various commodities or different institutions that can relay and possibly ao around and have some town hall meetings and get a dialogue where we need to move forward. Communication is very key and bringing forward some suggestion plans is always a healthy environment and that is what we are here to do."
Kostyshyn added the province has also committed to spend between 400 and 450 million dollars in building a secondary outlet at Lake Manitoba with a capacity of 72 hundred cfs.
He said this will help minimize flood risk to agriculture in the future.
Tory Ag Critic Blaine Pederson is taking a wait and see approach with the government's promise to introduce new legislation to manage drainage regulations.
The NDP made the committment in its throne speech yesterday, kicking off the fall session of the legislature.
"Anything related back in to conservation or impact on any rural thing is about more regulations, more committees and that does not build an economy it will hurt rural Manitoba again," stated Pederson. "It is just a lack of respect on the part of this government. They do not respect each other within government and it is clear they have no respect for Manitoban's either."
The NDP also committed to build the new Lake Manitoba outlet to a capacity of 72 hundred cfs.
Pederson noted however the government has no intention of building the structure, and expects it use many different stall tactics to get out of it.
He expects the government to stall and use every excuse it can come up with.
"They will use the federal government, they will use aboriginal communities, they will use any kind of excuse they can dream up to not build it. Until they get serious about doing this, it doesn't matter what they say they are going to do until they actually do something. The hallmark trade of this government is to form a committee and study it and then blame everyone else for why the project doesn't go ahead. Manitoban's are sick and tired of that."
Meanwhile, Pederson added yesterday's throne speech really contained nothing for agriculture in Manitoba.