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Revisiting Snow Fences

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It’s been a long time since we discussed just what a snow fence is and how they should be installed. Even though I don’t think they are really going to be needed this year, I figured with winter once again knocking on our doors, it’s time to review how snow fences work and the best
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India Facing Water Shortages

Groundwater levels in northern India have fallen about 20 per cent more than expected because of excessive pumping, threatening to spark a major food and water crisis, according to a study based on U. S. space agency data. The study, led by Matthew Rodell of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, said groundwater across
Crops

Sound Used To Probe Snowpack’s Water Content

AUniversity of Saskatchewan graduate student’s work with sound waves in snow may show farmers how much water is in a given snowpack. Measurements of a snowpack’s properties have usually involved shovelling, which wrecks the snowpack’s layers, prevents measurement at the same site more than once, and also can’t be used to track changes in a
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Multi-Purpose Flood Protection: A Rural-Urban Win-Win

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We ignore the lessons of the 2009 Red River flood at our peril. It reveals another reason why urban taxpayers should take an interest in what happens on the rural landscape. Well-managed agriculture can help keep basements dry, tax bills lower and give us an edge in adapting to climate change. Agricultural water management has
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Floodway Makes Upstream Flooding Worse, Valley Farmers Say

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“We’re a holding pond for Winnipeg.” – LORNE HAMBLIN Thick, gooey mud squishes under Lorne Hamblin’s rubber boots as he slogs through a field which should be sprouting green shoots. Instead, it’s a sea of heavy muck caused by retreating flood water and made worse by an inch of rain the day before. Hamblin stops,
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Farmers Prepared For Flooding

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“I would say 98 per cent of the people are prepared for the flood.” – DAVE WALDNER The Flood of the Century seriously disrupted Dave Waldner’s hog operation. But if it happens again, he’s ready. The ring dike around his farm east of Rosenort has been raised two feet above 1997 flood levels. Municipal water
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Drought In U. S. South To Persist Through June

Drought gripping Te x a s, Ca l i f o r n i a , the Southeast and Wisconsin is expected to persist through June with “limited areas of improvement,” the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said March 19. Drought could also develop from northern Virginia to New Jersey if dry weather continues. Recent
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Oceans, Old Trees Help Predict Indonesia Drought

Agroup of scientists are developing more accurate drought and harvest forecasts for Indonesia using tree rings, historic rice production figures and sea surface temperature data. Indonesia is one of the world’s most populous nations and a major producer of rice, cocoa, coffee and tobacco. But the country is regularly at risk of drought caused by
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California Snow Not Enough To Overcome Drought

California’s mountain snowpack was measured at 80 per cent of normal March 2 despite recent storms, far from enough to ease a prolonged drought that is forcing water rationing in cities and sharp cutbacks in irrigation supplies to farmers, state water officials said. “Although recent storms have added to the snowpack, California remains in a
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U. S. States Seeking Drought Relief

Texas Governor Rick Perry asked for disaster relief assistance from the federal government March 6 for drought-stricken farmers across the state. Parts of south and central Texas including the ranchlands around San Antonio and the state capitol Austin are suffering from their most severe drought on record, exacerbating the woes of the state’s cattle industry

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