Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 30, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 1o Winnipeg free press tuesday june 30, 1981 wet weather Dampens Hopes for bumper crop Gerry free Petess by Jack Francis wet weather is hurting the Prospect of a bumper crop in Manitoba. Heavy Rains the last two weeks have water logged heavy land stalled Weed spraying operations and slowed the growth of heavy stands of Grain Farmers and Agri culture representatives say. Cliff Harrison agricultural representative at Morris said the 130 Millimetres about five inches of rain in the last 10 Days have turned much of the heavy red River Valley soils from Winnipeg to the United states Border into a soggy condition. With Cool weather Corn and sunflowers have been growing very slowly and some Grain Fields Are starting to yellow from too much Sunshine needed Sunshine is needed now to bring them on and prevent drowned out a Winnipeg weather office spokesman said last night the out look for the rest of the week in the Southern Manitoba area is for mainly sunny weather with higher than Normal temperatures. Harrison said water is sitting in Low spots in Southern areas. Eleanore Schroeder of the Al Tona agriculture office said Sun Flowers and Corn Are on the Small Side because its been too Cool for them. Warmer weather is forecast and with the Good moisture they can be expected to come on vegetable crops in the Portage la Prairie area Are enjoying the recent rainfall compared with last tractor tracks Are filled with water from heavy Rains in Field West of Ste. Agathe in Southern Manitoba. Year s drought when growers had to pump Assiniboine River water for irrigation. Connery farms Foreman Dallis Williams said wet Fields have pre vented some spraying of vegetable crops. With the Sun yesterday and More warm weather the crops will be the Best in Wil Liams added. Agriculture Canada s latest soil and water conditions report shows soil moisture now restored to 75 to 100 per cent of Normal across much of the Prairies after two All party Garrison lobby needless says Axworthy years of falling reserves. Only Central Saskatchewan rated about 50 to 75 per cent of Normal still needs immediate moisture. Domain area Farmer Clayton manness said his area 30 kilo metres South of Winnipeg also had some water stalling to show in Fields after saturday s downpour. Crops Are thick and take a lot of water so they benefited from earlier Rains. But the latest pounding has really saturated the land. I have been out draining and a Friend who flew Over the red province River Valley last weekend said Small Ponds were showing up Over a Large area stretching away from both sides of the red vegetable grower Jim Mosiewicz of la Salle about 25 kilo metres South of Winnipeg said in his area weeds Are getting out o control with Field work impossible and some Grain is starting to Lockport grower Bernard Traz Nik said vegetable Fields in his area Are just about saturated there s water sitting at the edges of Fields after Hail and heavy downpours last weekend. We need Stonewall agricultural representative Andrew Dickson said Interlake area pastures Are in Good shape with the rain but for livestock men who ran Short of fodder in last Spring s drought it s a problem. Weeds terrible it s too wet to Bale Cut Hay and the Alfalfa will get coarse and lose nutrient value if it in t harvested soon. Also weeds this year Are terrible because spraying has been stalled. Insect control has also been impossible so some cutworm dam age is apparent and Flea beetles Are chewing up the rapeseed. The moisture is there for big forage and Grain crops if we get some Sun now and the weeds and insects Don t take a big Ottawa staff the Federal govern ment yesterday refused to authorize sending an All party delegation to Washington to lobby against the Garrison diversion project. Jack Murta told the com Mons the project is being built in occasional stages and before Long it will become an accomplished fact. But employment minister Lloyd a worthy speaking for external affairs minis Ter Mark Macguigan said Canada has Strong guarantees from the . Administration that the . Will undertake no construction Likely to harm Canadian Waters. He said he would not Rule out future use of an All party lobby group and in fact would be the first to suggest it if the situation were More serious than it is. Outside the commons he said there May be disadvantages for canadians if the question were reopened in the . Con Gress. The . Administration has Given Canada a Promise and if we Are saying we Don t believe you it might break apart the Origi Nal he said. If you be got something promised then Why reopen he asked. Murta said not Only Federal members of _ parliament from All parties but provincial members of the legislature should be sent officially to Washington so that the con Cerns of the province of Manitoba May be carried directly to the politicians who Are making the Axworthy said he met personally with representatives of different groups in Mani Toba concerned with the Garrison project. Their fears and anxieties Are not nearly As severe As those of the honorable Mem he said. The Garrison diversion project has been the subject of widespread opposition in Manitoba and by both Levels of government because it would damage Manitoba water ways by connecting them with the . 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