The Manitoba government wants a cross-border agency responsible for water issues to ensure Lake Winnipeg isn’t bombarded by pollution from two industrial dairy farms proposed upstream in North Dakota.

On Thursday, the office of Environment and Climate Change Minister Mike Moyes shared a letter he sent to the Canadian and American co-chairs of the International Red River Watershed Board, warning Manitoba “is committed to taking strong action on many fronts to improve the health of the lake and its tributaries.”

The letter raised concerns about what would happen with more than seven million kilograms of phosphorus and nitrogen expected to be produced annually by the 37,500 cows at the proposed farms.

“When we heard about these really expansive dairy farms, we were quite concerned, which i

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