Written by Elise Stolte As found in CBC News, May 24, 2024 Parts of Alberta have been facing a severe drought for years ...despite welcome rain this month, farmers and ranchers are still watching the sky with a cautious eye. WC Ranching: "I really believe … someday in the future there won't be any sprinkle irrigation because water is one of our most prized resources in southern Alberta," said Wolbert, looking out [...]
Large, 10,000 sq ft Facility with Fresh Retail, Office and Design Centre Southern Irrigation is excited to announce our old, small Kamloops store (previously Highlands Irrigation) has been redeveloped to a new, larger building and location. This new, ground-up build has more retail space to showcase the broad range of water solutions that Southern Irrigation carries and has more office space which will include improved design services for customers. Like the products Southern [...]
PIVOT IRRIGATION PROJECT FOSSEN AIR LTD. BAR 7 RANCH Bar 7 Ranch, recipient of BC's 2022 Environmental Stewardship Award, has worked with Southern Irrigation to upgrade their yields and save labour with Lindsay Zimmatic Pivots. Transcript “My name is Doug Fossen, and our ranch name is Fossen Bar 7 Ranch. We’ve ranched here in Rock creek with my wife, three girls, and my mom and dad. We have a cattle [...]
Expanding to Serve our Customers in Northern Alberta Southern Irrigation believes that our customers deserve to do business with a company that will supply them with quality products, high inventory, expert advice, and excellent customer service. We put this statement to action in early 2019 when we established our third location in Red Deer, Alberta. Our branch in Lethbridge had grown rapidly, and it was becoming difficult to give our customers [...]
SUBSURFACE DRIP IRRIGATION PROJECT VALK LAND AND CATTLE LTD. Valk Land and Cattle have worked with Southern Irrigation to implement a 625-acre subsurface drip irrigation system, the largest in Canada. The system was ready in 2021, during Alberta's hottest year in history. Transcript"I'm Lawrence Vandervalk; I represent Valk Land and Cattle, co-owners with my wife, Sherry.I would recommend SDI to anyone who was interested in the future of irrigation. Our project was [...]
As irrigation leaders in Western Canada, we have helped many different customers meet their business goals. Southern Irrigation has the opportunity to provide efficient water systems to a wide range of customers, from high-label vineyards and greenhouses to small family-owned farms and gardens, each dedicated to growing the best crop possible. THE LEAF NINJAS Restoring landscapes to a biodiverse paradise One customer, The Leaf Ninjas, caught our attention as their [...]
Written by Lethbridge College, 2022 A growing research partnership between Lethbridge College and Southern Irrigation will provide valuable insight that could help producers maximize their crop production. The college and Southern Irrigation are studying the opportunities created by subsurface drip fertigation (SDF), a method that applies water and fertilizer directly to the rootzones of plants through a series of pipes. The research project is ramping up, as this past summer, Lethbridge College and Southern [...]
Written by Mark Halsall As found in Grainews May 4, 2022 “The efficiency of subsurface irrigation is absolutely unbelievable,” says Vandervalk, who grew winter wheat as his first crop on the 640-acre field in 2021. Even though it was another in a string of dry seasons, he only needed 10 and a half inches of water to irrigate the field. Many of his neighbours, he says, put on 18 inches, “and still [...]
Hello Saskatchewan! Southern Irrigation is delighted to announce our FIRST location in Saskatchewan to help meet Canada’s growing demand for irrigation and water products. Our new business is located at 26 Capital Circle, Saskatoon, strategically located off Highway 16. The location is now OPEN, and our official grand opening will be held in the spring of 2022! A First-Class Facility for First-Class Customers Our all-new, state-of-the-art building is [...]
Written by Treena Hein As found in New AG International SEP/OCT 2021 Farmers have always battled the elements, and they’re increasingly turning their eyes towards irrigation. Subsurface drip irrigation (SDI, or subsurface drip fertigation, SDF) is of particular interest due to the very low volumes of water involved, and the way SDF can deliver the right nutrients at the right time directly to plant roots. In the following article for New Ag [...]
