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Weather systems storms through Biggar area It has been wetter than usual in and around the Biggar area due to a weather system last Tuesday (July 12) and early Thursday morning. The weather system being rain -- lots of it. Not only that but it came down with a driving force. The weather reporters call it severe in nature and that is what the thunderstorms and lightning were. Heavy rainfall was experienced in the slow moving storm. Landis reported two inches in town. Springwater was at five inches with some basements being flooded. One farmer southwest of Biggar said he had 4 1/2 inches by midnight and it rained all night. Other farmers recorded five inches and 6 1/2 inches. Hail fell in the Perdue area. tendency to fall down so there was lots of laughter as they crawled There were some sightings The letter “I” ... Participants at the preschool day camp were having fun out from under. The other group was taking their turn making lunch. of funnel clouds near Biggar learning all about the letter “I”. I is for igloo and that is what they are (Independent photo by Daryl Hasein) but none touched down, building with this large piece of cloth. Of course the sides and top have a however that was not the case in Delisle where a tornado did touch down. That town was hit with five inches of rain that fell in 15 minutes. Residents had flooded basements, trees were felled and gardens stripped. Crops in the area were flattened. The research station at in agriculture research which was slated for the some insights into future The US has approved Wednesday was relatively morning, was rescheduled farming trends on such camelina as a cattle feed Scott held its annual Field despite the wet weather of calm in this area but other for the afternoon. topics as weed control in supplement and the oil parts of the province Day on July 13 and farmers the previous night. Because S p e a k e r s p r o v i d e d pulses, barley varieties, produced is high in omega-3 showed up to hear the latest of the rainfall the crop tour, experienced another day wheat varieties, fungicide fatty acids. Omega-3 fatty of severe storms, mostly in applications, canola inputs acids are very beneficial the southern part. Weather for high yields, straight to health. watches and warnings were There are drawbacks, as cutting canola, fertilizer issued by Environment producers will point out. It safety, insects, salinity Canada. is a small seeded crop with mapping. Thursday residents woke poor weed competition Venkata Vakulabharanam up to gray skies and a spoke about a new crop in its early lifecycle. The light rain. Compared to v a r i e t y - - c a m e l i n a . seeding date plays a large the rain on Tuesday this Camelina is a member of role in crop production and was merely a mist. The the brassicaceae family, yield potential. sun shone through in the Farmers toured the fields more commonly known as afternoon causing a sort of in the afternoon to see flowering plants such as “mugginess”, in other words first hand the latest in mustards or crucifers. It is high humidity. farming methods. It was grown for its potential as Farmers are reporting also a chance to visit and a biofuel. serious crop damage. Fields discuss with colleagues the Montanna producers were flattened with very innovations. h a v e b e e n g r o w i n g little likelihood of recovery. Scott Research Farm is this crop recently as a On July 2, 1990 59 mm part of Western Applied biofuel. Studies show that of rain fell making this the Research Corporation, a camelina-based jet fuel can highest single day rainfall non-profi t producer based reduce carbon emissions to date. The record high organization. The group is from jets by about 80 per temp was July 16, 1919 at Testing for salinity ... It may have been a little wet at the Scott Field Day on July 13 associated with Agriculture cent. Both the US Navy and 37.8˚; record low July 24, but visitors had a chance to look over this machine which is a GPS mapping and soil and Agri-Food Canada and Air Force have been testing 1918, -2.8. The average July salinity tester. It measures the density conductivity of the soil and the research farm Saskatchewan Ministry of fuel from camelina the last high is 21.7 and average low is going to be doing some testing in this area. (Independent photo by Daryl Hasein) Agriculture. few years. is 10.4.
Field Day brings out farmers despite wet conditions