Start of growing season..

[furrowtickler]

Not unusual but for those with crops up frost warnings issued for northern Sask through eastern Sask and Western Manatoba. I would imagine again for the next couple nights as well, ya gotta love mother nature.

[ProFarmer]

Why even worry about frost when in a large swath of manitoba doesnot have a viable crop even growing on it and no hope for another week with all the rain. The market has not awaken to the disaster that is lerking in manitoba and eastern sask.

[Partners]

Its -3 here this morn..How much frost can small canola plants take? Have to sc**** the windshield on the tractor...

[furrowtickler]

Always have to get that one last hard frost just to start things off right. -2 here with a wind chill of -5. Oh well why be any different than any other year.

[begood]

Weatherbug reports minus readings on a line north of approx Edmonton, Saskatoon, Yorkton area and into Manitoba.
An associated risk is the unprotected contracted areas that may be subject to financial obligations for those who may be counting their chickens before they have reached slaughter weights.

[SASKFARMER3]

What have I always said? Mother Nature runs the show, The best management decisions etc, its still mother nature holding the cards in Canada.

[newguy]

I said this last year on this forum. A person can do the exact same thing and one year mother nature makes you look like a genius and the next year a dumb ass.

[parsley]

If you stick with the CWB in the fall, maybe a good question to ask them is: <p></p>
<p><strong>[URL="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/international-news/asian-pacific/china-faces-worst-drought-in-50-years/article2033088/"](How much 2011 crop has the CWB presold and at what price?)[/URL]</strong></p>

[newguy]

Think we are stuck with CWB this fall unless you carry your crop into 2012-13 crop year. With the CWB offering farmers sweet deals to carry over grain. It will already have a negative impact on the 2011-12 crop year prices. GIVE ME POOL OF 4 MONTHS..This would eliminate all the BS programs.

[furrowtickler]

Absolutly righ, mother natuer rules. There is alot of damage with at least one more night of frost to go. Canola seeded may 8th - 12th hit very hard. Same as the last few years, more stb cover, more damage. We have seen frost damage before but this is bad. Dry frost, much like a few years ago, and absolute dead plants by this afternoon - no question. Pinched right off with only stubs left. start again tomorow...

[furrowtickler]

Some feilds were 80% needled off already by 7pm - when that happen waiting two days or two months don't matter she's done.

[silverback]

Are you going to reseed canola on those fields?

Many around here are in a rain delay with lots of unseeded acres and wondering when to quit trying to seed their canola.

[BTOfarmallll]

OF course he a gon Reseed. Already got the nutrients down fer it. Besides family is Hungry got bills to pay. Canola gon be the only thing that does till 8/1/12 fer yous out West. I recommend fer all yous to go till June 20, cutoff date. Gotta funny feeling gon be a short crop this Fall. Prices gon be High, don't wanna miss out now do ya's. I know its tempting to take the easy way out and not seed/harvest seein yall scared of work, but sooner or later banker gotta be paid. We need record crop just to satisfy demand. Ain't gon get it this year......

[begood]

Looks like -1 degree Centigrade in a much smaller band from sort of Davidson, Moose Jaw, Regina and Melita area early this morning. Yesterday had much of sort of north of Saskatoon at several degrees of frost in all three prairie provinces. There were even some -6 degree C reports. Thats gotta hurt anything above ground.

[furrowtickler]

It was -4 here with -5's all over to the North East, and -2 to -3's to the North West. And yes we will be reseeding asap. Frooze from N.B. to St.Walburg to Prince Albert to Radison fairly hard. South of the river not as bad from Biggar to the west, I am not sure how far.
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