Turns out I spoke too soon in my last post. We scouted some fields in the Interlake region yesterday and they looked like swimming pools. The water on the fields is a concern, but the bigger concern is that there’s nowhere for it to god. Most of the culverts that I saw were 3/4 full of water so the field water isn’t draining off quickly.
MAFRI has put out some information on Factors Affecting Plant Survival From Flooded Soils. After 36 hours you will start to see plants dying due to flooding and wet soil conditions will kill most annual crops after 3 to 7 days.
Here’s hoping we get a a few days of cool, dry weather, followed by some warm dry weather. The key word is DRY!
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