Anyone want to WAG a production estimate after looking at this?

[jethro456]

Just to clarify some things…

Water allocations vary from year to year. As was stated earlier, there was above average snow pack in the mountains this past winter so there is plenty of supply

Most districts are aggressively changing canals into pipeline. The main canal remains but the branch ditches are piped. Some of the pipe is 5’ diameter and can carry a lot of water. The producer bears some of the cost when this happens. The last project cost us $400/ac just to change from a ditch to a pipe. Some pipelines have 5psi pressure and still require a pump but others have 60-100psi because of the elevation drop on the pipeline. If you get high pressure there is a pressure charge/year

[furrowtickler]

I sometimes wonder if the people putting out these estimates even look at the crops. These maps tell the truth it’s bad… real bad.

yields so far here in this area
Peas 20 ish
Lentils 15 ish
Barley 35 , very light
Fabas will be a right off now

First bit of wheat just north of me .... 12 bus

All indications from that does not bode well for canola

Also the past 15 days hail has hit some of the better areas like SW of the Battfords and NW and north of here .
Some had poor crops but there was some decent crops west of here .

[seldomseen]

Talking about water levels does anyone know if Quill Lake is dropping?

When I was young you could drive to Regina on highway 6 and you did not even know there was a lake there. Couple years ago it felt like the highway went right through the lake.

My guess is it will take along time to get back to the 1980 levels.

[helmsdale]

Talking about water levels does anyone know if Quill Lake is dropping?

When I was young you could drive to Regina on highway 6 and you did not even know there was a lake there. Couple years ago it felt like the highway went right through the lake.

My guess is it will take along time to get back to the 1980 levels.

Something to chew on... quill lakes were nearly at breach level which hasn't been the case for a LONG time. Seems to indicate we're somewhere in the neighborhood of extremely wet historically.

If this is currently a "wet cycle", what does a "dry cycle" look like? Does it make palliser's time here look wet by comparison?