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[grassfarmer]

I am Klause, but like here inadequate moisture will always be our limiting factor. When you manage the water cycle like we do through our grazing/forage management we can DOUBLE our EFFECTIVE rainfall and the impact of that is huge. We can probably get 40% extra production at NO COST! When you have properly functioning water and plant systems you can handle any amount of water and are better prepared for both drought and flood.

I'd encourage some of you grain farmers and pasture overgrazing ranchers to take a holistic management course. Once you learn to stop fighting nature everything becomes easier.

[Klause]

grassfarmer,


You're going to get schooled.

It's not rain. It's overland flooding my friend.

We never over grazed a pasture, but when our 1100 acres of pasture was 80% under 2 feet or more of water, we didn't have enough feed for 140 cows.

I know you get a lot of rain in the UK... but the land, everything from soil, elevations, etc is completely different.

Like I say, it'll be a learning experience.



The prairies were damaged by over-tillage, yes... however the salinification of soil has taken more acres out of MB and Sk pretty much permanently than the dirty thirties ever claimed.

[Hopperbin]

I think we do have more klause. I have not done any snowmobiling but brother in law says its hard snow out there in the open. So yes more than have had generally but then again the banks beside the house are not up to the eaves yet. People should have taken more pics back then. Someone claimed they snowmobiled over a house once and not a flattened house. My kids would not do that. They are good. :-). The snow is lovely at wapiti. Hipity hapity. :-) take a holiday

[Hopperbin]

Oh my post took a while to post. Nothing to do with your last post. We will be ok. I suppose the trucking has issues in these conditions so dont envy a grain trucker. Adm still not open.

[Klause]

Hopefully dries off fast.

The Mrs. and I spent the weekend in Saskatoon... nice meal, lots of wandering and shopping... took in the horse show....

will have a hired man here this spring, so he'll be on the cultivator with spikes steady I think....


Viterra keeps pushing off my pea delivery by a few days also. Isn't just ADM... Trucking's interesting some days just can't make time with the snow... leaving for Altona again tomorrow at lunch time.

[grassfarmer]

Fear not Klause I did my homework - no rivers or big lakes to overland flood my new place, we'll be high and (hopefully not too) dry. Didn't fancy any of that ocean front property north of the #1.

[Klause]

Overland flooding comes from too much rain from the sky, and not being able to flow to the lakes/rivers fast enough...


You moved into a pretty good area... but still last two years were more than challenging. In the past it was too dry down there. As every other area in the Prairies things change.


Good luck! But go through a season before asking for rain... just sayin'

[grassfarmer]

It wasn't awful wet down there this year Klause - about average I'm told. Definitely would have grown more grass in the fall if they'd had more moisture. In general it will be more prone to dry than wet and being rolling country will be able to disperse water quicker if we do get a deluge.
I don't claim to know it all but as I said I did my homework as best I could before buying.

[SASKFARMER3]

Grass you know nothing about rain or drought. Rain destroys land for years drought one good rain and it's over. We need 4 to 6 years bellow moisture to get things strait expend around.
We want droughts.

[Braveheart]

Grassfarmer, I've taken holistic management. We use the principles to manage our grazing/forage land, as well as using the holistic goal setting principles. I agree that management style can indeed mitigate too much water or drought.

Where you're going, you will experience both, I know, I'm only 20 minutes away. But, you will find holistic management in your new area will get you to your land goals quickly.

[jake550]

You can take whatever course you want. Until someone comes up with a way of profiting from alkili and catails I don't think excess moisture will ever be a good thing or not do damage.

[Hopalong]

Sask govt looking at updated drainage policy.
Lots of unapproved work has gone on.
Would seem to be a monumental task to inspect and assess it all as well as stirring up animosity among neighbours.
Looking for middle of the road approach.