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SERVING MANITOBA FARMERS SINCE 1925 | Vol. 75, No. 15 | $1.75

Increase in Manitoba farmland values slowing, says FCC The biggest driver is crop receipts and unlike in the U.S. they are projected to be positive in Canada in 2016

FLOOD WATCH

April 13, 2017

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Waters rise in the west as Red River subsides Attention turned back to southwestern Manitoba as the Souris and Assiniboine rivers were expected to crest simultaneously

BY ALLAN DAWSON Co-operator staff

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verage farmland values continued to appreciate in 2016, but by less than the increase a year earlier. That trend was seen both in Manitoba, and across Canada as a whole, with both easily outpacing the gain one could expect from holding a bank GIC, acSee VALUES on page 7 »

A washed-out road closes Provincial Road 346 south of Highway 2 April 4.   Photo: Alexis Stockford

BY ALEXIS STOCKFORD Co-operator staff

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looding was on the decline in parts of Manitoba late last week, but the Assiniboine River was on the rise. Simultaneous peaks of the Souris and Assiniboine rivers raised concern downstream. Flow into the Portage Reservoir was expected to reach 41,000 to 44,000 cubic feet per second April 12-14. The region between Portage la Prairie and Headingley remained under flood warning into the weekend, as flows were expected to reach 15,000 cubic feet per

second downstream of the diversion by April 10. “(That’s) getting towards the upper limits of the Assiniboine River, but still within its capacity,” Kam Blight, RM of Portage la Prairie reeve, said. “It also means that there’s going to be high flows going down the Portage diversion.” Blight estimated that between 26,000 and 29,000 cubic feet per second might be seen along the diversion. “Naturally, that’s a concern as well as there’s lots of homes and residents and farmland along the diversion, plus the impact that it has on Lake Manitoba,” he said.

The river remained well in its banks at press time, although river tributaries had backed up, creating overland flooding. Ice jams along the Assiniboine River had subsided, although the RM of Portage la Prairie reported an influx of water previously backed up by ice. “Basically what’s happened is it’s stopped normal waters from being able to get into the Assiniboine River that would normally disappear before the high river levels came through. The ice jams created artificially high levels and local water cannot get away,” Blight said. See WATER RISES on page 6 »

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