In Lethbridge County, dry and windy conditions have been known to stir up dust clouds, obscuring the vision of drivers on local roads and filling irrigation canals to the brim with dirt.
Where I live in Southern Saskatchewan, farmers are digging out shelter belts very rapidly. I would imagine that their low till, zero till, and high-cut headers (leaves taller stubble) are even better at keeping the soil and capturing snow over winter than a row of trees every few hundred metres.
Didn’t we experience an entire decade in the 1930s getting first hand experience on this. I would hope that we learned a lot about how to mitigate this issue.
Where I live in Southern Saskatchewan, farmers are digging out shelter belts very rapidly. I would imagine that their low till, zero till, and high-cut headers (leaves taller stubble) are even better at keeping the soil and capturing snow over winter than a row of trees every few hundred metres.