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“I would say that we have caught up for this season.” – Alexis Stockford.

Soil moisture levels look good heading into winter

Winter snows and spring rains have largely balanced the soil-moisture deficit

By Don Norman November 24, 2022

After several years of drought or near-drought conditions that significantly reduced groundwater levels, the water tables may be turning. “In terms of soil moisture, I would say that we have caught up for this season,” says Timi Ojo, an agricultural systems modeller with Manitoba Agriculture who has expertise in soil moisture. Why it’s important: In

The sun sets on the shrinking Lake Mead, April 16, 2022, where water levels have declined dramatically to lows not seen since the reservoir was filled after the construction of Hoover Dam, as climate change and growing demand for its water shrink the Colorado River and create challenges, in Boulder City, Nevada.

Comment, Op/Ed, Other

Opinion: Water reckoning coming to southwestern U.S.

A megadrought and runaway water use is a recipe for disaster

By Alan Guebert June 29, 2022

From 35,000 feet, the white ring that marks the high level of Lake Powell looks just like the ring of an emptying bathtub. The only difference is the chalky top mark on this big tub, once the second-largest freshwater reservoir in the U.S., is an unscrubbable 1,900 miles around. And Lake Powell, the upper reservoir

Equipment, News

Weather shift means questions on spray water quality

With last year’s drought and this year’s flooding, water quality may have changed

By Alexis Stockford June 21, 2022

You may think you know what to expect when drawing water for the sprayer. But after the wild swing from drought to flood in the last two years, spraying experts say that assumption may end up costing the producer. “You may have been using a water source for many, many years, and it’s been fine,

File photo of barrels on display in a Nova Scotia vineyard. (Tashka/iStock/Getty Images)

Wastewater regulation eased for Nova Scotia on-farm processing

By GFM Network News May 26, 2022

Nova Scotia has introduced regulatory changes that allow on-farm processing operations to better manage wastewater on their smaller scale. The changes, which took effect May 11, come at the request of the Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture (NSFA) — which has said that owners of small farm-level processing facilities shouldn’t be treated the same as

News

Water management: What’s the plan?

A full-fledged water management strategy has been in the works for over a year

By Geralyn Wichers May 25, 2022

As Manitobans ride a pendulum swing from too little to too much water, they await the province’s promised comprehensive water strategy — the first update to the plan since the early 2000s. The volatile weather has made plain why it’s needed. “We’re seeing an increase in variability,” said Dimple Roy, director of water management with

A motion-based winter watering system is demonstrated during a field day at Manitoba Beef and Forage Initiatives in 2017.

Livestock

Winter water for livestock, off the grid

Winter water need not be tied to hydro, but there are some design considerations

By Alexis Stockford January 28, 2022

It’s no longer unusual to see a solar watering system on summer field tours, but extra planning is needed if producers need or want to use those alternate sources in winter. Why it matters: Alternate watering systems got a lot of attention during the last year of drought, but proper planning can also make them

Sean Murphy raises cattle on about 2,500 acres near Souris.

Farmit Manitoba, News

Souris rancher takes on massive water-retention project

Sean Murphy’s farm was ‘defensively drained’ in the 1970s. Fifty-some years later, he’s damming it back up

By Geralyn Wichers November 10, 2021

A Souris-area rancher is turning a chunk of his land back into a marsh after fifty-some years, in a record-breaking project for Ducks Unlimited. “It should be holding water,” said Sean Murphy of the land — currently bone dry and shorn for hay after a summer of drought. Murphy runs cattle on about 2,500 acres

It can be tempting to eliminate wet areas in your field such as the one seen here, but one researcher equates it to short-term gain for long-term pain.

Editorial, Op/Ed

Editor’s Take: A slight depression

By Gord Gilmour October 29, 2021

It might be time to consider the business case for the humble slough, pothole and other low-lying areas on your land. Typically they’re viewed as an annoyance at best, and a waste at worst. Larger equipment has made draining them more tempting over the years and there’s always the understandable desire to maximize acreage by

Millions of small depressions across the Prairie landscape capture precipitation and enable infiltration.

Farmit Manitoba, News

Unique pothole landscape allows annual spring groundwater recharge on Prairies

Landscape depressions capture run-off, enable slow infiltration into earth

By Gord Leathers October 29, 2021

It’s been a scorcher across the Prairies this year. Even the typically moist Red River Valley registered exceptional drought last summer and western farmers are seriously hoping for snow cover this winter to bring those soil moisture levels up. Masaki Hayashi, a professor with the University of Calgary’s geoscience department, says that’s only half of

A City of Iqaluit worker fills a water truck at the Sylvia Grinnell River after authorities ordered the Nunavut capital’s 7,000 residents not to drink the city’s water due to suspected fuel contamination, on Oct. 14, 2021. (Photo: Reuters/Casey Lessard)

Other

Iqaluit confirms ‘exceedingly high levels’ of fuel in water supply

Water not safe for cooking or drinking, city says

By GFM Network News October 16, 2021

Reuters –– The Canadian city of Iqaluit said lab results confirmed that fuel had entered its water supply, officials announced Friday. Analysis of samples from one of the city’s water tanks found “exceedingly high levels of various fuel components,” Amy Elgersma, Iqaluit’s chief administrative officer, said, adding it was likely diesel or kerosene. Residents in

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Soybean prices rise as China-U.S. truce assessed

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures post limit-down losses

ICE canola weekly outlook: Market rangebound

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