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Woman Pouring Glass Of Water From Tap In Kitchen
Local news, Weather

Dry spell sparks call for voluntary water use reduction in Pembina Valley area

Longer-term plan needed to avoid water shortages in more drastic situations, officials say

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Parts of the Pembina Valley were asked last week to reduce their water use as a dry spell across the region endured and demand for water peaked as farmers sprayed fields and residents watered lawns. The Pembina Valley Water Co-op’s CEO Greg Archibald said the request was voluntary and came after they had problems with
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Crops, Weather

Saskatchewan to tap farm leaders for drainage board

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Representatives from four Saskatchewan farmer organizations will sit on a new provincial advisory board on farm drainage policy. The provincial government on Tuesday announced the creation of two advisory boards: a policy development board and technical review board. Specific members haven’t yet been named to either board, but the province said the policy advisory board
One more webinar remains in the four-part series, sponsored by the Red River Basin Commission.
Local news

Four-part webinar series takes tile drainage education into the digital age

A recent educational effort by Agriculture Manitoba and the Red River Basin Commission means farmers are staying home to take in information on tile drainage

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Manitoba Agriculture and the Red River Basin Commission have taken to the web on tile drainage. A series of four webinars is running until March 18, with topics spanning the on-farm benefits, downstream implications, environmental concerns and government considerations of tile drainage. “It’s established in other places, such as south of the border, but here
Controlled traffic farming is generating interest around the world, as seen here in this photo of an Australian spray rig sticking to established traffic zones.  PHOTO: WESTERN AUSTRALIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD
Crops

The benefits of a controlled traffic crop

Confining equipment traffic could pay production dividends

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Ten years ago Adam Gurr was surfing the Internet one evening and came across an idea that would change the way he operates — controlled traffic farming. Just as the name sounds, it’s a farming system built around permanent wheel tracks in each field; the crop zones and traffic lanes are permanently separated. It leaves
Mitchell Timmerman speaks at St. Jean Baptist Farm Days.
Crops, Local news

Retention not needed for tile installation

Tile drainage can increase yields, but increased returns require carefully crunched numbers

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Tile drainage installation is on the upswing in Manitoba, but producers need to take a hard look at their operations and evaluate beneficial management practices before making the plunge. “Addressing excess moisture is definitely a worthy pursuit,” Mitchell Timmerman told producers gathered for St. Jean Baptist Farm Days last week. “In this province, we know
A flooded field in the Interlake in 2013.
Local news

North Interlake drainage issues to be addressed

Pilot program aims to improve water management in the RM of Bifrost-Riverton

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A recent announcement is a watershed moment for a largely producer-led group seeking to reduce flooding and increase agricultural productivity in Manitoba’s Interlake region. The federal and provincial governments have announced $1 million in Growing Forward 2 funding for a pilot project in the Rural Municipality of Bifrost-Riverton, which aims to improve drainage and address
The Assiniboine River Basin encompasses the Qu’Appelle, Souris and Assiniboine sub-basins, across Saskatchewan, Manitoba and North Dakota and is 
162,000 square kilometres in size, which is approximately the same size as the entire state of North Dakota.
Crops, News

Federal investment kick-starts Aquanty project

The Aquanty project is said to be a game changer in how the province will address 
future water management issues within the Assiniboine River Basin

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A computer program capable of analyzing the effects of land use and simulating mitigation strategies of an entire river basin seems like a concept stolen from a futuristic movie. However, a $1.1-million investment from the federal government has put the Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association (MFGA) on track for developing just that — a multi-faceted
Once highly productive pastures along the Upper Assiniboine River near the Shellmouth Dam are now saturated with water after years of repeat flooding.
Local news

Frustrations rising along the river’s edge

Producers operating in close proximity to the Assiniboine River from the Shellmouth Dam to St. Lazare are struggling to stay afloat

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It happens ever year, no matter how wet or dry conditions have been. Water lays in the pastures and fields along the Upper Assiniboine River downstream from the Shellmouth Dam. Cliff Trinder, who runs a cattle operation with 32 miles of river frontage near Russell, describes the situation as “a mess” and says it’s high
Province’s water needs action not rhetoric
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Province’s water needs action not rhetoric

Current water management practices disrespectful and disruptive to rural Manitobans

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Deferral of essential water management infrastructure and management in recent years, combined with serious problems of climate change, is frustrating Manitoba’s economic growth and environmental health. Both objectives resonate with the public. Rhetoric about “fixing Lake Manitoba’s water levels,” and cleaning up Lake Winnipeg in terms of algae, sedimentation and erosion, highlights the problems but
Manitoba conservation districts are looking at establishing soil health programs to demonstrate how to increase water infiltration.
Crops, Local news

Conservation districts aim to improve water infiltration

Cover crops could be the key to building higher organic matter and catching water

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The best place to store water is where it falls. That’s the conclusion of four Manitoba conservation districts that are banding together to launch a new project that will demonstrate how to build organic matter in soil and make it a sink for rainfall and meltwater. “Our surface water management strategy has been built on

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