“There's a lot of math honestly that's going on behind the scenes making sure we have enough water to last us through the season.' Davie explained 'Because we're only in May ...'
Although recent rain brought four inches of water to southern Alberta, it won’t be enough on its own so irrigation systems are now available for the 2024 growing season. As Brandon Cassidy explains, farmers are implementing their water use — entering this precarious season of growing — with their crops now in the balance.Allison Davie of North Paddock Farms is happy to see the water flowing but there are still a lot of unknowns.
“As irrigation season goes on, we’re going to make changes to it depending on how much rain we get,” explained Davie. “We’re still going to try to get water on crops that we can, focusing on the high-value crops like our potatoes.” David Westwood from Saint Mary River Irrigation District says it will be a demanding season ahead, but he is still optimistic.“So, if we see what we saw last week and even more precipitation into June, that definitely could help farmers out, also might allow us to raise our allocation at some point in the season,” Westwood suggested. “But right now, we really need to be able to see how the snowpack melts off, see if we get some additional precipitation, before we even really consider that.
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