2014 North America Drought Monitor Workshop. Toronto, Canada June 17-19, Ian Nichols President WIN LP
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1 2014 North America Drought Monitor Workshop Toronto, Canada June 17-19, 2014 Ian Nichols President WIN LP
2 The Last Stand Presentation A few slides on drought and weather impacts on agriculture. A very brief overview of our organization. CoCoRaHS Canada overview. Volunteer CoCoRaHS recruitment plan Ontario example.
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5 2012 Ontario Weather Recap The Best and Worst of Years in One Chatham-Kent Ottawa Valley Improving the sustainability, consistency and profitability of agricultural production
6 Rainfall Analysis S. Ontario Locations Improving sustainability, consistency & profitability in agricultural production
7 2012 Ontario Weather Recap The Best and Worst of Years in One Improving the sustainability, consistency and profitability of agricultural production
8 2012 Ontario Weather Recap The Best and Worst of Years in One Improving the sustainability, consistency and profitability of agricultural production
9 2012 Ontario Weather Recap The Best and Worst of Years in One Improving the sustainability, consistency and profitability of agricultural production
10 2012 Ontario Weather Recap The Best and Worst of Years in One Improving the sustainability, consistency and profitability of agricultural production
11 2012 Ontario Weather Recap The Best and Worst of Years in One Improving the sustainability, consistency and profitability of agricultural production
12 2012 Ontario Weather Recap The Best and Worst of Years in One Improving the sustainability, consistency and profitability of agricultural production
13 2012 Ontario Weather Recap The Best and Worst of Years in One Township Yield in Relation to July Rainfall Improving the sustainability, consistency and profitability of agricultural production
14 2012 Ontario Weather Recap The Best and Worst of Years in One Improving the sustainability, consistency and profitability of agricultural production
15 2012 Ontario Weather Recap The Best and Worst of Years in One Township Yield in Relation to August Rainfall Improving the sustainability, consistency and profitability of agricultural production
16 2012 Ontario Weather Recap The Best and Worst of Years in One Improving the sustainability, consistency and profitability of agricultural production
17 2012 Ontario Weather Recap The Best and Worst of Years in One Improving the sustainability, consistency and profitability of agricultural production
18 2012 Ontario Weather Recap The Best and Worst of Years in One 2012 Corn Yields County Average Improving the sustainability, consistency and profitability of agricultural production
19 2012 Ontario Weather Recap The Best and Worst of Years in One 2012 Corn Yields Deviation from 10-yr Normal Improving the sustainability, consistency and profitability of agricultural production
20 2012 Ontario Weather Recap The Best and Worst of Years in One Improving the sustainability, consistency and profitability of agricultural production
21 2012 Ontario Weather Recap The Best and Worst of Years in One Orchards: Frost decimates apples, other fruit crops trees budded early, killed off by frost severe events overnight April 27 th & 28 th 85% of apple crop lost, economic impact of $350,000,000 (Ontario Apple Growers) Improving the sustainability, consistency and profitability of agricultural production
22 2012 Ontario Weather Recap The Best and Worst of Years in One Improving the sustainability, consistency and profitability of agricultural production
23 2012 Ontario Weather Recap The Best and Worst of Years in One Improving the sustainability, consistency and profitability of agricultural production
24 Overview What WIN Does WIN operates weather and environmental sensory equipment at >1500 locations in Canada. Wireless, automated stations transmit recorded data to our office for quality control and analysis To interpret the data, WIN turns numbers into pictures through online tools that incorporate custom web services and GIS-enriched mapping. In other words, we make the data dance Improving sustainability, consistency & profitability in agricultural production
25 What WIN Does Improving sustainability, consistency & profitability in agricultural production
26 What WIN Does Improving sustainability, consistency & profitability in agricultural production
27 Interactive Web Tools What WIN Does Family of websites (12 and growing) serving many different crops weatherinnovations.com Programs, research & data weathercentral.ca Grain tools for central Canada michiganbeets.com Sugar beet growers in MI & ON vineinnovations.com Grape producers and industry MBpotatoes.ca Manitoba potato growers ONpotatoes.ca Ontario potato growers VEGtools.ca Ontario veggie tools APPLEtools.ca Ontario apple industry Improving sustainability, consistency & profitability in agricultural production
28 What WIN Does Services & Clients Grape, Tender Fruit, Apple, Vegetable, Grains, Oilseeds, Beets, Etc. Temperature monitoring: inversion towers, wind machines Ice wine, disease, insects, irrigation/fruit sizing, apple thinning Improving sustainability, consistency & profitability in agricultural production
29 Custom Technology What WIN Does WIN also manufactures its own custom leaf-wetness sensor and fields unique dual tipping-bucket rain gauges. Improving sustainability, consistency & profitability in agricultural production
30 What WIN Does Collection & Quality Assurance Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation client since 2005; weather monitoring at 101 WIN stations multiple levels of in-house quality control & assurance o dual sensors provide redundancy o staff review information daily o custom-built diagnostic tools identify potential issues: Improving sustainability, consistency & profitability in agricultural production
31 Unique Applications What WIN Does LADII Watershed Management WIN monitors 60+ locations for water use information is used for Canada-USA charter agreement verification billing of water use to pipeline clients troubleshooting of pumps, leaks, system operation Improving sustainability, consistency & profitability in agricultural production
32 Unique Applications What WIN Does LADII Watershed Management optimization of irrigation use and needs weather equipment and related data-collection services 36 km pipeline serving ~2,500 acres 6,000 gallons/minute 66% drop in season water costs Improving sustainability, consistency & profitability in agricultural production
33 Web-Based Tools & Analysis 2013 WRAMI Project Technology-Based Solutions for Improved Sustainability Analysis of the soil moisture profile Improving the sustainability, consistency and profitability of agricultural production
34 What WIN Does Research & Development Irrigation Management for Sod Growers incorporation & verification of radar-based precipitation data climatological water balance analysis: o water balance method that considers a total soil water holding capacity (SWHC) of 100 mm (April 1 ) and utilizes rainfall and a reference evapotranspiration Improving sustainability, consistency & profitability in agricultural production
35 CoCoRaHS Canada Supporters
36 CoCoRaHS Canada Governance
37 CoCoRaHS Canada Growth # Registered Volunteers Province 3/1/2013 9/13/13 1/1/2014 2/20/2014 4/30/2014 5/30/14 Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland Nova Scotia Ontario /QC Prince Edward Island Saskatchewan Total
38 Learn About CoCoRaHS Canada Visit
39 CoCoRaHS Ontario Officially Launched April 29, 2014 MNR, OMAF, MOE, WIN + F&FC Foundation Ontario Provincial Government Funding Press Release, in collaboration with F&FC Foundation Soft Launch = 45 Volunteers Post Press Release +15 Volunteers Ontario now already 72 Minimum target to 3/31/2015 = 300 Volunteers so how?????
40 CoCoRaHS Ontario How.. By 6 Outreach Campaigns 1 st MNR & 36 Conservation Authorities (10 volunteers = 360) 2 nd Ontario Soil & Crop Improvement Assoc 55 (5 volunteers in each = 275) 3 rd On Public School Education Grade 5, reaching 5 classes per school board
41 CoCoRaHS Ontario How.. By Outreach Campaigns by PC 4 th Ontario Agribusiness Sector, focus on Seed Companies with their own Dealer Networks, 5 Major companies, look for 10 customers =50 5 th Media outlets TV, Radio, promote & weekly precipitation report for broadcast 6 th Other groups with volunteer and training bases, 4H, environmental & outdoors enthusiasts
42 CoCoRaHS Canada Next Steps 2014 Meet/exceed contractual obligations, ON, MB, SK Solidify maritime government support Additional support - provincial coordinators Launch retention, recognition program Encourage additional provinces & territories Seek further resources funding supporters (sugar daddies) corporate sponsors(hardware store?) finance sector (banks) agribusiness (seed companies)
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