Why one area is really hurting.

[SASKFARMER3]

Their is a few farms I believe on the West side that are all covered in water now. It was presented at a rate payers meeting. Ill search for it. But basically it shows that Rain, excess rain has been the culprit the last 10 years. Funny thing in the RM or Cupar water is starting to flood areas. Rather simple why. Years of floods have filled every pot hole slough or water catchment north of the area. All flats around are flooded from excess rain with no place to go since back in the 60s one land owner wouldn't let a project go across his land thus today even after that guy is long gone and no family member is even farming the situation is worse than ever.
But once all water catchments are full any rain or snow melt only has one way to go thanks to gravity the lowest area. Thus flooding. Farmers can ditch but again when all catchments are over flowing any moisture can cause flooding.

[tweety]

Not exactly desperation then is it SF3?

[freewheat]

Yes, land has been lost to the lakes. Thousands of acres in fact. I know one guy who lost three quarters. Gone. Under water.

To rectify the situation? A decade of dryer than normal would be nice.

[Guest]

Wow , that is bad ! And I bet crop ins won't even give them too wet to seed acres on that . I wonder if there is any other ways farmers can be compensated? Land is hard enough to buy , can't imagine losing 3 1/4's to a lake ! I guess we are really lucky to have some creeks and rivers running north east here in the N.E. . Tobin Lake sure seemed to change this area , when they flooded it, always rains more around the lake , probably same around those lakes

[stonepicker]

Freewheat, you remind me of the experts commenting in mb. after 1988, they said it would years to replenish the sub-soil moisture, it took about half a summer. It's gonna take longer than that to dry out i know, but not 10 years if it quits raining. It gets dry pretty darn quick if the rains stop.

[SASKFARMER3]

Tweet read the post! It's a area that's effected! But spending 200000 to get no money from it does have a cost! Topic done!

[freewheat]

Stonepicker. Remember that drier than normal for some would be drought, and for others it would be just right. Also, I am talking about the quill lakes specifically, a dead end basin. For the guys who lost land, they need a decade or more or drier than normal weather.

It has never been too dry to farm here in 100 years. I have no idea why it would start now! lol.

My wife and I talk about just watch, we will actually get a dang drought. Nothing would surprise me anymore...

[sumdumguy]

When we watch a bank of clouds coming in from the west, it seems to just turn black and head north. Usually these systems change course after a few years, so maybe this will be the year. Small consolation when so much land is under water, need that big ditch like the one from Bechard, past Riceton to Gray. This series of ditches has made that land arable, still affected by too wet, but way better. It costs the taxpayers a few thousand a year in levy in perpetuity.