Drought Concerns Alleviated With Rain This Week

Jun 15, 2022

For farmers concerned about drought again this year, the heavy rain and even snow that hit many regions of the province this week, should help to ease some of those concerns.

There are still ongoing concerns about flooding from the storm this week, which in some places, dumped well over 100 millimetres of rain. But many experts believe that the dry parched land in parts of southern Alberta, soaked up a lot of the water and reduced the risk of overland flooding, like folks in Manitoba have seen this spring. Alberta Environment is keeping a close eye on rivers and streams across the province this week.

At this point there are no fears of a repeat of the flood 9 years ago that swamped a big chunk of downtown Calgary along with several other communities including the town of High River. Although one weather official said if we should get a second storm like this in the coming days, then flooding could be an issue. Several farmers on Twitter today describing the rain this week as a gift.

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Video: Learning to Wrench From Dad the Hard Way

Harvest is a week out and the farm picked this week to fall apart. The truck needs a battery, the barn curtain's got a problem, and the corn and beans are telling us we're out of time to get it all fixed.

So it's a full day of wrenching. Tork supervises while I get the truck back running, then we're out at the hog barn where one rusted up part has the whole curtain system hung up. Ladder work, cable work, and a little dad-and-son disagreement about the right way to do it. We close it out walking the fields, shelling beans and checking corn, because whether everything's fixed or not, harvest starts when harvest starts.

Chapters: 00:00 Everything breaks the week before harvest 01:00 Tork supervises while I fix the truck 12:30 Out to the barn to find the curtain problem 14:30 One rusty part hung up the whole curtain 20:00 Running the curtain cable from the ladder 24:00 Walking the beans and corn before harvest 26:30 Wrapping up

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