So damn dry

[Partners]

What is the level of the Saskatchewan river?
Lots of communities are on river water..

[furrowtickler]

What is the level of the Saskatchewan river?
Lots of communities are on river water..

The North Sask river is low but has stayed relatively steady. Actually came up a bit a few weeks ago
A buddy of ours does a lot of fishing on the river here and watch’s the river level a couple times a week
We will be going out with him next week . He has two river boats and will know exactly how the river is doing level wise.
It low but still ok at this time

[agstar77]

No one is applying fert this fall until it rains. No tillage
Wells have already been redrilled.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

What is the level of the Saskatchewan river?
Lots of communities are on river water..

Last I looked, the reservoirs on their way to the Saskatchewan are higher than I can remember seeing them, trees underwater even. The melt was fast and early with the above average temperatures in early spring. So that shouldn't maintain the rivers throughout the year. Unless this is a multi-year event.

[rumrocks]

Last I looked, the reservoirs on their way to the Saskatchewan are higher than I can remember seeing them, trees underwater even. The melt was fast and early with the above average temperatures in early spring. So that shouldn't maintain the rivers throughout the year. Unless this is a multi-year event.

Multi-year event . . . . three terrifying words.

[Old Cowzilla]

Few guys back to hauling water for cattle but pastures still staying green. Everybody hoping for white Christmas ( snow ) not Bing and Bob.

[SASKFARMER]

We got lucky and received 5 inches in august but 3 till august funny thing did 12 piles 10 ft down for shop addition and water at 8.



I will say the 5 is all soaked in and we could use another 5 any time soon. Sept total rain 4/10 that’s it no Jewish holiday rain.

Drew says two more weeks of dry and heat

[furrowtickler]

You would have to drill 230 ft here before you reached water now .
About the depth of the aquifer we are lucky to be on .
The older 40ft and 80ft wells have had no water for a few months now

[Partners]

What does Drew say after the next 2 weeks?
Farmers almanac says warm winter..

[SASKFARMER]

Yes, they say a wet November then cold in Jan, and warm in Feb and March.

Drew isn't out yet with the winter forecast.

I am hoping we get a dump in early October then it melts in first nation summer and then a wet November before freeze up.

Recharge could happen.

[bucket]

Yes, they say a wet November then cold in Jan, and warm in Feb and March.

Drew isn't out yet with the winter forecast.

I am hoping we get a dump in early October then it melts in first nation summer and then a wet November before freeze up.

Recharge could happen.

I need till mid October to finish. And a good frost. The hailed flax won't die with anything else.

[sumdumguy]

I like the “wet” word in November. Long ago, when we used to anhydrous, it always seemed to start to rain toward the end of October so we could barely finish the shank season. Haloween was usually a mucky, cold mess. Then freeze up soon after with lots of good moisture sealing her up. We can hope history starts repeating. 🍀🌧🌨❄️

[GALAXIE500]

There are water holes here that in my lifetime I only remember being dry after the 80s. They filled in '96 and up until now hadn't looked back.

MANY dugouts are dry. So far I haven't heard of any water wells, but it's certainly going to be challenging to keep even a garden alive if we're hauling water from 20 miles away.

Down here in SW SK , we are very well experienced with all of these conditions. That doesn't mean we enjoy it , however.

Drought has been on and off here for the last three years. A lot of crop is grown on reserve moisture, and when you don't have any , that's when the real drought kicks in. Like Les Henry said in his interview with Gormley a few months back, "beware of the other side of the average"

[SASKFARMER]

I worked the drought years for the Feds and Prov Ag departments back in the 80s and I can tell you this year wasn't close to 88. I don't know about 1961 that's my father's stories and back in the 30s my grand fathers. Droughts have been around as long as the earth has turned. In 1988 we still had a crop at the farm similar in 1963 but only in the low areas. Some laughed at me when I cursed the flood years as lots of you made out like bandits. The floods lasted almost 15 years can you survive.