Another Beer clouds day!

[SASKFARMER3]

Well sprayed yesterday and thank god for blackberry and Weather radar. Was able to go till 5 then shut down rained 3 hrs later. But we are done for today since it rained 1/2 inch last night. Seems the rainy spring is now becoming the rainy summer as yesterday officially marks its beginning. Yes the days will get shorter now. Funny how some just don't get how wet it really is. Yes at 120 km it can look like fields are seeded, but from sprayer it shows how bad it really is. When the sun came out Sun and Monday the plant stress is really noticeable. Yellow areas water logged and now turning brown.
Looks like lots of islands to maybe harvest in fall. What are others seeing from the sprayer, since the Canola belt from Leader to Kindersley looks awesome.

[per]

Spraying was going in earnest around here yesterday. In a short 14 mile drive I saw 2 sprayers being extracted out of the quagmire and we are not even in the same ballpark for wet as SE Ab and Sask. I will start to spray tonight after one more day of sun. Other than the obvious water laying areas the crops look excellent here. Keep your stick on the ice.

[SASKFARMER3]

thunder storms are popping up here this morning and some look pretty strong. Weeds seem to be doing just fine, cow boys are happy grass up to belly on animals. But pst at fixing broken fence from rain. At least the pickets go in easy.

[freewheat]

Spraying???? Wet??? HAHA.

[bucket]

Freewheat

How are you doing?

Have you talked to any politicians just to make your blood boil.

[dave4441]

Saskfarmer-I get the sarcasim is directed at me, but it will not be too funny when our bumper crops offset your little moisture problem will it.

[freewheat]

Bucket, thanks for asking. I'm not doing good, I'll be honest. I am at an impass in my career, and I don't know what to do. I'm going out of my mind. I really hate farming right now. It is so ridiculous.

What did make my blood boil was all the farmers talking on Gormley yesterday about how we don't need money, Agri this and agri that will take care of us. This I repeat, is the THIRD year in five that we have been like this, so how will these progranms work for a farm hammered by crap, therefore having low margins.
One guy said he got half done. Good for fricking him. One guy said that the guys who spent money on tires, etc., well they got the crop in. HAHA I see he is from the desert.

There is no incentive for me to farm, there is nothing to do with no money for this summer, no crop to scout, and a long year of fallowing.

I'm emotionally drained, physically exhausted, financially stressed, and wish I had the balls to just quit. In a nutshell that is how I'm doing. Not suicidal, just very depressed, and so very tired.

[bucket]

Taking a day at the lake is the cheapest and most rewarding thing you could do right now.

A bad day of fishing beats any good day of work.

Go golfing, take the time to rethink.

You are too close to the forest to see the trees.

You have to take a step back to see where you have been and where you are going.

And literally we are all in the same bat this year.

[bucket]

Correction.

And literally we are in the same boat this year.

Spelling is something to be desired some days.

[SASKFARMER3]

Well DAVE If you think a bumper in That area of Sask will make up for the loss in All of east Sask and central, Your definitely disturbed. But hey keep dreaming. And no its not just a little area that's got problems.
Also Dave when the drought years farmers stuck up for you guys. Hm lets see 1985 86 etc etc. No crop at all then Sask crop insurance years later helps you guys out with your averages and forgets about those years. Hm yea we know your special area.
Any way today another 1 inch at farm but we dodged the bullet again, Cupar to Lipton any where from 2.75 to 1.75 in under two hours. Wow on heavy clay at cupar that will take week to get sprayers in field.

[dave4441]

SK3-Give it a break, that comment was designed to get under your skin (and your skin alone), and it worked. You are getting pretty predictable.

[SASKFARMER3]

Yea you got me but didn't sask crop insurance help you guys out!

[dave4441]

Sure they helped us out, but we pay for that "help" each year. And, have all the input costs of a normal year.

[SASKFARMER3]

What imput costs in a drought dave do you have. Seed and probably thats it maybe 2 4 d . nothing grows Ive been up their in 80S. Its way different.

[dave4441]

It was a little different in the 80s. Things have changed a bit. Every drought I have ever been thru is the same, crop always has potential in FH june and you are forced to spend the exact same amount of inputs as a normal year "in-case" the rain starts again. Tap turns off and july heat burns it up. Sure you can just use a little 24D, but you will pay the next year. In the end you are saving a 5 bu crop that you have to harvest.