Drainage is a topic again being discussed in Saskatchewan.

[SASKFARMER3]

So the whole area south of Winnipeg would drain naturally in spring run off and be ready to seed without any man made structures. Just saying.

Grass around sloughs was a option in 2000 but today ha ha ha ha

[bgmb]

No doubt, Some grass guys think they are morally superior to the crop farmer. Well sew the whole country down to grass and put cattle on it and we will see how our western economy does. Plus there is no way at todays land prices it makes any sense to seed grass on land that can be drained or improved. Its called wealth creation a concept that some dont understand.

[newguy]

in the 80s the farmers north of yorkton told me everything south of #1 hyway should all be grass. Way to dry to grain farm.Lots of marginal grain land went back to grass and the good dirt was grain farmed.Not every acre has the same purpose.

[Flatlander]

Your right web is a peach. Gives good advice to. When some of these guys that wouldn't make it a day in the locker room got to me he advised to give myself a treat. I heard it and don't let the *%% holes the bs get to me. It's just noise. I don't know sf3, but he does call a spade a shovel and hits the nail on the head almost every swing. I'll just close by saying if my cup is running over and you pour yours into mine, what happens? Think about it and don't listen to bullshit.

[SASKFARMER3]

Good point flat lander

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Good experiment and yes it over flows and moves down stream. So science works.

have a great day.

[farmaholic]

What about damming more of the major water ways and holding it back for irrigation in suitable areas and or slowly letting it go when conditions allow. People and farms or parts of them would be displaced but it may be a partial solution.

A dry trend would alleviate alot of problems but no one knows when its coming, if its coming or how long it would last. And in the meantime....

Sumdumguy. I doubt the area on the map I posted has the elevation to get rid of all those potholes. Maybe some consolidation. The gain has to be greater than the works created to drain the land. Not a huge alkali problem here....definitely some but not overwhelming. And no I've never had the opportunity to get into a plane and get the birds eye view of Regina/Lewvan area. I'll google it. I did see some imagery of an area near there that looks pretty intense for standing water.

[Richard5]

I sometimes wonder if some the acres in the legal system with Input capital is acres now under water in the Quill Lakes flooding.

As much as that program is shark loan rates and a scheme to steal land from farmers that were suckered into the deal, it would make me smile a bit if I knew that some of the land Input Ars's would receive is underwater

[grassfarmer]

Agreed you have flooding issues in areas and feel free to discuss them but the opening claim that "Saskatchewan has had twice it's normal rainfall over the last 15 years" was nonsense when he said it and it's nonsense now with no evidence produced to support it. Rather like Trump and his daily comedy routine of "twitter from the shitter" where he makes outrageous claims and flat out lies it damages the credibility of your case and people do not take you seriously.

To the new guy - maybe pay better attention as I don't think Webber offered any advice to Freewheat on converting his farm from a grain operation to a mixed livestock/grain operation. Seems like Freewheat was in one of the worst flood affected areas yet he has managed to grow some grass.

[furrowtickler]

Some guys do well on grass ....

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