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As the province’s newest water management association pulls away from the dock, new members are invited on board
Government is promising an end to red tape for farmers looking to complete minor drainage works, while increasing fines for illegal drainage
A pilot project near Elm Creek is testing an on-farm reservoir as an economic way to ease the threat of flooding and reduce nutrient losses into Lake Winnipeg
Post-2011 flood rush to install tile drains led to many costly mistakes, says vice-president of the newly formed Manitoba Agricultural Water Management Association
A boom in tile drainage resulted in slipshod work and prompted the creation of an association dedicated to ensuring such work is done by reputable operators who know what they are doing. “The association along with Water Stewardship is working towards a fair way to ensure that tile installers are both properly trained and certified,”Ducks Unlimited expert says many farmers aren’t obtaining drainage permits because “it’s much easier to dig the ditch and then beg forgiveness later”
If farmers along the Assiniboine River are wondering where all that water came from this spring, Peter Onofreychuk believes he has a pretty good idea. On a giant aerial photo unrolled on his kitchen table, the farmer from MacNutt, Sask., shows where drainage ditches have been dug on land upstream from him by a 12,000-acrePanellists at last winter’s Potato Production Days discussed options for handling the excess rain of recent years
Any farmer will tell you that flooding is a major hassle and cost to any farm when it happens — but just how big that bill can be has always been a bit of a guess. A recent report by BMO Economics (Bank of Montreal) put a figure on it though, says Dr. Ranjan Sri
