Drainage is a topic again being discussed in Saskatchewan.

[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 ....

[furrowtickler]

[fjlip]

Wheat king, at the Quill Lake meeting in Dec, one comment was that in 2005 DU was afraid the lake would be TOO LOW for ducks in future so they started many drainage projects to add water. Guess what added to present situation?
Do not have annual rainfall, but have kept records for our yard. 1984 to 2009, average in growing season was 9". 2010 to 2016 average was 13", a 140% increase. In these last years, the increase was due to heavy flooding rains. 2010, 2012, 2016 nearly double the 9". Free wheat 20 miles east seemed to see much more than that. Any one have better numbers?

[Goodtime]

Grassfarmer....am I missing something or why exactly does anyone need to prove anything to you?

[grassfarmer]

Wheat king, at the Quill Lake meeting in Dec, one comment was that in 2005 DU was afraid the lake would be TOO LOW for ducks in future so they started many drainage projects to add water. Guess what added to present situation?
Do not have annual rainfall, but have kept records for our yard. 1984 to 2009, average in growing season was 9". 2010 to 2016 average was 13", a 140% increase. In these last years, the increase was due to heavy flooding rains. 2010, 2012, 2016 nearly double the 9". Free wheat 20 miles east seemed to see much more than that. Any one have better numbers?

So 7 years at 13" and the previous 8 years at 9" gives you a 15 year average of 10.86" or 120% of your earlier period rainfall. I can appreciate you are in a wet cycle and that is causing significant problems for some of you. My challenge to SF3s ridiculous claim stands, claiming 200% over 15 years, province wide was ridiculous.

[SASKFARMER3]

What don't you get grass. Each day with your comments about how the ones who live in the flood zone are wrong and you who lived not even close are right with charts.

Why you wont let this go is unbelievable.

East sask and NE have had so much more rain than normal its unreal.

But using your useless logic. in the years 1982 to 1990 total for farm average was 5.25 inches. So add that to your chart and the last 15 are way over double the rain.

Any one can play with numbers and get a answer they want.

When all the holding areas are full one inch runs off and goes down stream to Manitoba.

[Klause]

Ummm...

How do ya explain this grassy

[jamesb]

I would encourage farmers to have a look at the Saskatchewan Farm Stewardship Association.
I joined a year ago and I believe they are a good ally to try and improve the situation we have now.
the more members they can get across the province to help provide more input to them on your individual issues and gives them a greater mandate when dealing with the powers that be.
For those of you unfamiliar with Sask FSA. The Saskatchewan Farm Stewardship Association (SaskFSA) is an association that promotes farmers’ viewpoints as they relate to agricultural management. As an organization run by farmers for farmers, the SaskFSA is dedicated to providing a strong and united voice for growers’ interests towards land use policy and legislation.
http://www.saskfsa.ca/

[farming101]

Using the numbers from the Sask Ag crop report you come up with 44 RMs that reported over 12 inches of rain in June -Aug time frame in 2016.
General areas: Moosomin, Moose Jaw, Swift Current, Yorkton, Quill Lakes, Watrous, Outlook, Kindersley, Melfort, Arborfield, Lloydminster, Meadow Lake. Kind of all over I'd say

That's just the June to Aug window. In some areas annual amounts were much much more.
Many of the rains were in the news. Torrential amounts that all run off flooding towns and crop land.

[Klause]

Yeah like the 4, 2, 2.5, and 3 inches we got here in a matter of 10 days...


That's not counting the 2 inches plus foot of snow in October ore all the other showers that ran through here.


Sloughs used to go down a bit then when you got a big rain they'd fill and be a buffer. Now, an inch of rain and there's water running.


I do however agree that surface drainage isn't the answer. There is a reason the rest of the world tiles.

[SASKFARMER3]

But according to the Amazing Grass were all wrong and he has all the maps and answers.

come on grass wake up and get with the program excess rain caused this and guess what it will be loss of rain and drought that will also change it.

best crops ever were the 70s and 80s and 90s.

Miss that thirty years.

Oh well grass have a magically delicious day in fantasy land. Look boss the plane.

[newguy]

in the 80s when we farmed north also the landlord said not unusual to get 30 inches of rain..in a previous thread Sask farmer said weather is totally normal no change Still can see the result of the flood years around here.last year cows were able to get at a pasture for the first time in 6 years.sure was nice native grass though thanks to mother nature.