Should have topped up too wet insurance!!

[parsley]

A few non-worrisome soft spots on the grade.
Cold near Kenosee Lake! . A bit of rain, maybe a
tenth, but negligible. Clear blue sky. It feels like
it's going to freeze like a bitch tonight. A bit of
snappy wind. No clouds. It's 6:30 and sunlight is
streaming through the west window. Ducks in the
slough are nesting-noisy. An oil baroness brought
me a batch of fresh flowers this morning for
Easter and they sit happy on the table. Got invited
out for a roast turkey/mashed potato-gravey
dinner this afternoon, "and I said to myself, what a
wonderful day.". Pars

[fjlip]

"It's just farming in Canada, in my 21 years farming I have noticed one thing, we are not that ****ing important."
You are correct hobbyfrmr.
Been doing this for 40 years and regularly I hear AG is SFA of GDP in Canada and Sk.
Happy Easter Parsley, I envy your calm demeanor and your weather.

[gregpet]

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[Klause]

I feel for ya freewheat!

Not as bad here... nothing in MB... I'm
counting us as very lucky.

You'll probably be later with seeding...
but if you need a hand, I'll help you
out on my days off. We should grab a
beer or rum'n coke one of these days...
introduce the girls too. LOL.

It's early. Have faith! I think it'll be
a good year for the Prairies!!!

[grassfarmer]

Your weather pattern changing from a perceived
norm to something different is certainly unsettling
freewheat. Still I'd rather be wet than dry with that
in mind. Don't know about where you are at but in
much of Alberta tree ring evidence indicates the 20
century was an anomaly - way wetter than most
previous centuries which were often punctuated
with 30 year severe droughts. How would
agriculture adapt to that? With the rate Alberta is
screwing up it's water resources through oilfield
activity and fracking you guys that still have water
may have the last laugh.

Someone commented "The lure is Canola and huge
new machinery, as well as the oil patch all winter."
... are these wise ambitions though? seems to me
there are lots and lots failing doing just that every
time another auction sale catalog comes in packed
with the big JD agriculture. And then there is this
risk:
https://www.agriville.com/cgi-
bin/forums/viewThread.cgi?1333506904

I feel way safer in animal agriculture and the future
has never been brighter if you are prepared to
adapt. A friend near Ottawa retails his grass-fed
beef direct to consumers in small packages at
$9.50/lb. He can't keep up with demand.
I have a few sows now to provide pasture pork to
retail to my beef customers. Spending $300 for a
bred sow that will net me close to $2000 for one
litter of her offspring by fall and they only occupy
some corral space in the summer that I'm not using
otherwise. The opportunities are endless growing
the healthier meats people are demanding.

[hobbyfrmr]

Farmahaolic, yes that is one way to feel better.
The "jealous" neighbor will always contribute his
insight. Over time, I realize most often they are
usually saying something about my/others'
operations because they need to know or have
not figured it out, or usually the same thing is
happening on their farm. Around here they are the
most successful farmers. Not well educated, but
street smart, they have to know what everyone is
doing so they can either act on it by writing a
cheque, or bitch about how they were not
informed, because they "would have" acted . It
was a very successful recipe for generations.
Everything has changed, they are wealthy, but the
gig is up and they are not regarded too,much by
the community anymore. But, that's ok, they are
still wealthy and still blather on !

[hobbyfrmr]

Grass farmer please continue to encourage your
last post. I should have said, generally speaking,
Canadian citizens....... There is a market and a
respectable living growing an AG product that
someone wants. This may mean raising sheep
and goats for an ethnic group, or farmgating beef,
or...place business idea here...selling out every
year and making plenty of money to sustain a
family and show profit. Supply a demand. I know
Parsley would say, you will also make lifelong
friends with your customers. It doesn't sound like
much, but not everyone is going to farm mega
acres and they don't have to.

[tstep]

What part of province is all this snow??

[freewheat]

Sounds like generally from foam lake to
tisdale, not as much west of this, and not
sure how much in Canora etc.

[fjlip]

Here is a map...
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/snow/indexsk

[freewheat]

FJ, I heard an unconfirmed amount of 18
bloody inches in Kelvington. Is that true?
Sheesh!

[freewheat]

Holy cow! Environment Canada has confirmed
Kelvington got 45 cm of wet snow, or 18
inches! Here I thought 12-14 was nasty...

WOW!!!

[fjlip]

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[SASKFARMER3]

1/2 inch rain up to GoodFriday morning
then friday night all hell broke loose.
Not quite a foot of snow but yes we also
got snow. Funny regina its almost gone yet
get half way to valley and it hits.
Yea, I also didnt do the top up because it
just didnt seem like the patern was
changing. Very dry winter compared to
normal. Oh well you live and learn. But a
April 30th makes sence not March.

[checking]

I'm disappointed. I don't see a jacknife in either set of pictures.

Klause, could you please show them how it is supposed to be done!!!!!