Rain Totals some are good some are ok and some WTF Piss all.

[bucket]

While I try not to engage in the cut and paste of Chuck's posts...I would say we are all happy to live in a country of free speech ...for how much longer is questionable.

I would not discourage people from expressing their opinion however much I disagree with it..

I can choose to read it, ignore it, or engage it...but defending the right of free speech is very important in this country.

It does at times encourage more discussion...some of it entertaining, some of it thought provoking..some not worth shit...

But .....don't become a Liberal and quash free speech...even on this site.

Whether you agree with other posters or not.

With all due respect,

Bucket.

[Guest]

yes you are right , of course

[farming101]

Furrow, I went to Farmwest for data after 2013, CHU are for May1 to Sept 30 from 2014 onward.

[woodland]

2 inches west of Edmonton


Dad got a little greedy today. Not ideal but more rain in the forecast next week means go at all costs. Two weeks ago we were making drought plans and were two days away from selling all the steers. Now we’ll be happy just to get the seeds all in the ground this month. Things can change fast out here and the grass is loving it.

Fun times🍀

P.S. I will gladly share................ delivery can be a bugger though. Furrow it’s in the river headed your way now😉

[furrowtickler]

Need help here quick , constant cold dry air not real good ....

[woodland]

Need help here quick , constant cold dry air not real good ....

Bummer Furrow.........


Really wish I could share. Latest casualty here. Only half loaded and couldn’t make it off the road. Gonna be a late night with yearlings needing feed yet.

Everything is more fun in the dark........😉

[Old Cowzilla]

Got about 1in. so far a blessing for sure can finish canola now and maybe see some green grass. Still have low dugouts so more is needed. Hauled wife's plants off deck and are sitting on kitchen floor dam close to freezing here . Power off about 3 am here for a hour but back on hope everyone else gets power back and can enjoy weekend.

[chuckChuck]

So you think you and your farm are bullet proof and climate change will only benefit you? Read on and good luck with that. How many farms have seen several extreme weather events in the last 20 years that have impacted their crop and livestock production.

https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/sites/nrcan/files/earthsciences/Prairie%20Provinces%20Chapter%20%E2%80%93%20Region al%20Perspectives%20Report.pdf https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/sites/nrcan/files/earthsciences/Prairie%20Provinces%20Chapter%20%E2%80%93%20Region al%20Perspectives%20Report.pdf

Lead authors: David Sauchyn, PhD, Director, Prairie Adaptation Research Collaborative and Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of ReginaDebra Davidson, PhD, Professor, Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology, University of AlbertaMark Johnston, PhD, Senior Research Scientist, Environment Division, Saskatchewan Research Council

4.3 Floods, drought and wildfires are getting worse Extreme weather events of amplified severity will likely be the most challenging consequence of climate change in the Prairie Provinces. The impacts of flooding, drought and wildfire in recent years are unprecedented, and climate models suggest an increased risk of these events in the future. Provincial and municipal governments have responded by proposing policies, structures and practices to reduce the impacts of future extreme weather events.Recent extreme weather events in the Prairie provinces―including flooding, drought and wildfire―have been the costliest natural disasters in Canadian history. This includes record dry months and historically high water levels. An increased frequency and severity of extreme weather events will be superimposed upon a more gradual change in average conditions, requiring adaptation to prepare for a wider range of weather conditions and to shifts in the distribution of water resources. Ultimately, water shortages would be the most damaging, resulting in social and environmental impacts, along with economic losses from lost productivity in the agriculture, forestry, energy and mining sectors (i.e., extraction of oil sands and solution potash mining).

4.9 Conclusion In the Prairie provinces, climate change is resulting in a redistribution of natural capital. It is transforming the seasons towards wetter winters and drier summers, and requiring changes to water resource management. The transition to a new distribution of water supplies and new regional ecosystems will be punctuated by phases of change as global warming interacts with regional variability and weather events. Collaboration among governments, municipalities and Indigenous communities is required to deal with the geographic shifts in the availability of water and ecological resources.As climate change alters the frequency and intensity of extreme weather, the longer-term risks posed by climate change will include an amplified range of water levels and associated consequences: flooding, fire, water supply deficits, disturbance to ecosystems, and more variable forest and farm productivity. The increasing intensity of weather events represents an expanding deviation from a baseline climate, recognizing that the baseline, meanwhile, is also shifting. This ongoing state of change may ultimately be the most challenging scenario. Eventually temperature, precipitation and water levels will cross a threshold beyond which impacts will abruptly become more severe. Examples include the permanent loss of water stored as snow and ice, rainfall intensity that exceeds the watershed and storage capacity of infrastructure, and the loss of low temperatures that inhibit many pest and disease vectors from proliferating in agricultural and forested regions. The response to climate change in the Prairie provinces has transitioned from recognizing to responding to potential impacts. Government agencies, private industry, Indigenous communities, municipalities and regional community organizations (e.g., watershed stewardship agencies, irrigation districts) are now engaged in resilience and adaptation planning. The net impacts of regional climate change will depend on the success, extent and scope of adaptation planning and its effective implementation. Plans have emerged in the past decade, and adaptation planning is on the agenda of many municipalities, corporations, industry associations and civic organizations. Each of the provincial governments in the Prairies has a climate strategy that incorporates adaptation, and most of the major cities are engaged in resilience planning, although implementation is in the early stages

[SASKFARMER]

How much rain did you get chuck?

That's the post, it has nothing to do with what you're posting.

Again Chucky and skippy are on the same team.

How much rain you get chuck.

[chuckChuck]

How much rain did you get chuck?

That's the post, it has nothing to do with what you're posting.

Again Chucky and skippy are on the same team.

How much rain you get chuck.

2 inches. A very good and much needed rain after a very long dry spell.

How much rain and snow (total precipitation) did your 90 year old pappy get from August 1960 till May 22 1961? It would be good to compare 2020/21 with 60/61.

[furrowtickler]

Zero rain in this entire area

[foragefarmer]

Zero rain in this entire area

Hoping you get some in the coming days, and any one who else needs it.

[furrowtickler]

2 inches. A very good and much needed rain after a very long dry spell.

How much rain and snow (total precipitation) did your 90 year old pappy get from August 1960 till May 22 1961? It would be good to compare 2020/21 with 60/61.

Well unless you actually don’t farm in this area I call complete b/s . And proves a lot of what you post here is garbage

[chuckChuck]

The CHU change in North Battleford is largely unchanged with a very slight downward trend that is not statistically significant. There are 38 climate factors to consider on the climate atlas. One site with one factor does not tell the the whole story.

[shtferbrains]

I'll have to agree with the bot on this one.
Battlefords climate change is not significant.
Even with the cherry picking time period.
Our local looks muclh the same.
They are going to have to dump more data.