LOCK-UP THE BINS BOYS

[bigsteve]

Its just a matter of time and this unseeded acreage situation is going to hit the market like a sledge hammer.Even the acres that are in are under severe excess moisture stress to the point that they might be sprayed or worked down.

[stubblejumper]

not everywhere

[freewheat]

Wow, I am amazed at some of the ignorance out there. The highest producing regions of sask for canola are either useeded to anything, let alone canola, or are under saturated conditions. This is millions of acres, not an RM or two. For those who have their crops in safely, and who are actually blessed by this rain day after day, I ca see why yo may be ignorant of the situation. If I were seeded, in good shape and new what was hapening, warned of it, and repeatedly told ofthe mllions ofacres unseeded, I'd be happy as a pig in poop, cuz the markets will react to this disaster sooner or later. For anyone who can't get their head around getting to much rain, take a long drive in saskatchewan's prime canola country. What yo will see will astonish you. Miles of unseeded stubble, the few quarters seeded are under water, and most of that seeded is not even canola. Think about this; Eastern sask is generally a third canola. Eastern sask is about a third seeded, most of this is not canola, it is peas, wheat, etc. My opinion? We're talking about 5 million acres of canola not bing seeded, and 2 or 3 million under water. for those fortunate to be seeded and not flooded, congratulations, you are about to benefit in a big way. For those who cannot seed, enjoy your pathetic 50 bucks.

[fjlip]

Anyone NOT flooded- drowning, please watch Farmgate, they have great video of the HELL a lot of us are living. It's a mess in some of all 3 provinces. This is NOT isolated to NE Sk. Freewheat how is your septic pump working? Ours is running every 20 minutes. We had another 1" of soil poison today.

[freewheat]

FJLIP, septic pump is working ok, but it's an on/off/on/off type of thing. If she ever quits, 'll be walking in SH%$ by morning.

Boys, I went out for a field count tonight. 60 mile drive. 120 quarters on each side, 240 in all. Here's what I came up with. 15% seeded, 85% not touched. Of that 15% seeded, I figure 2/3's of it are guys who use dry or liquid. The nh3 debacle is looming large now.

Water running and eroding three foot deep channels in seeded crops, dirty water passing through every culvert full bore. Emerging crops are drowning in big patches. Can see where the rows of seedlings start and stop all ovr fields.

We are in the fishing lake basin, and we can not try to even move this water, we can't drain for fear of the precious cabins which were built in a marsh, might get a little seepage. Meanwhile area farmers can't take care of their livelihoods.

If this aint a disaster, I don't know what is. I'm so frickin' glad I went and filled in my erosion chnnels from thelast time ths happened in 2006/07 during the three hours this spring it was sunny. Its all running away again.

[haveapulse]

The drought program announced the other day won't help? Sorry, could not resist!

OMG: Not sure about you folks but I find it incredible that in the middle of the flood the Feds announce a drought program ( dah, most of the guys sold the cows last fall for 1/2 the money), how incredibly insulting to farmers in the flood zone,and
while we should always be grateful for small mercies, is it a little late for many who made the decison to sell their cattle herd, facing high costs of feed last fall, and after many years of frustration with the industry.

Needless to say the point of this annoucement exemplifies the fact that
we have a history in ag of awful disjointed response timing is on ag programming. And according to the auditor generals report inefficiences worthy of review.

The bad timing of this annoucenment clarifies the priority of ag programming which by comparison to the credit crisis, when Canada and the world responded in days, and CANADA with the automobile manufacturing industry response time, proves we can have action immediate when necessary.

Considering the ag community is true blue we should expect and get better results.

Given that in Saskatchewan we just reviewed crop insurance maybe we need to get back to the drawing board and preferably come up with a solution within a meaningful time frame. Ad hoc response does not work.

I have not verified the accuracy of this but I was told by a producer that in North Dakota their crop insurance enables the grower to claim for an unseeded amount which if the reporter was right was 150.00$ per acre! They have a cannot seed clause.

My point, it is time we expect better.
Combined farm size and costs not longer allow us to afford ineffective programming, and not sure about your farm but our crop insurance premium have me questioning the effiencies of the program.

We need a CANNOT SEED CLAUSE.

[haveapulse]

and a CANNOT FEED CLAUSE.

[fjlip]

And last October a CANNOT HARVEST clause.

[fjlip]

Googled that...one page...
http://www.kfyrtv.com/News_Stories.asp?news=30186

if you buy the "prevented planting" insurance and 20% of your acres apply, you get 60% of your coverage. That would be $125/ acre for my canola.

[norton17]

Why would you think that everyone who has been flooded at Fishing Lake would want your water too???

No one would allow us cabin owners to drain the water when it was wrecking our property in the midst of a disaster, but when you're faced with disaster you should be able to pass it on to someone else.

I know frustrations are running high but it sounds stupid and selfish to want to wreck other peoples stuff.

Note I am a Fishing Lake Cabin owner, but also a farmer who isn't close to finished seeding, and cant spray, and weeds and water are ruining the crop that is in the ground.