While there are those who do not believe climate change is real, there are others who deal with the changing climate every year, such as those in the agriculture industry.

Young farmers such as Steven Cruise, 38, have been dealing with it for a number of years.

When Cruise, who farms with his father Jim at Cruise Farms, thinks of climate change, he goes back to 2010, when he and his father had just finished seeding their wheat crop.

“That was the year Dauphin hosted the RBC Cup. So we spent the next couple days in the rink waiting for things to warm up enough to continue on with our oil seeds such as canolas and whatnot. And it just started to rain and it would not stop,” he said.

That year saw record rainfalls and Cruise remembers some saying they would never see rainfall like that again.

“And then, here we are, in 2011, it was just as bad. So I think that really opened my eyes as a young farmer to maybe the potential of some sort of climate change,” he said.

Check your mailbox for this week's Total Market Coverage Dauphin Herald!