How much done?

[furrowtickler]

Not sure about other areas but here and north west through Turtleford close to 90% done. South and west of river 75%, about the same east. Some "big" guys half done at best. Looks like a week off. Most average size guys wrapped up over the weekend till last night.

[furrowtickler]

Be interesting to see canola acres when this all shakes out , 18 mill? Alot of canola hit the ground here over the past 7 days.

[fjlip]

50-70%, very few done. Conditions were perfect yesterday, almost no wet spots. Soil moisture wet and cold, NO precip needed.
Too COLD all week. Slow start, weaker plants.

http://www.farmzone.com/sevenday_forecast/sk027

http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/city/pages/sk-6_metric_e.html

[BreadWinner]

Wadena area 25-50% done,worked fields okay
but stubble is pretty wet. Canola stubble was
driest so first seeded to cerials. Allot of canola
didn't get in yet. If it gets too wet it won't be good
could be allot of unseeded fields.

[SASKFARMER3]

Were at 60% as of last night but radar
looks awful south of regina and its
moving our way guys.
If guys have 6 to 10 quarters they are
either done or 75%.
If guys have under 50 they are just over
a half done. If guys have 100 plus just
under 50%.
Oh two very large neighbors have'nt
seeded a acre of canola. Dry canola
stubble (ok its dryer than the cereal
ground) is being seeded to HRS or Barley
and have not a bushel of canola in.
Local seed growers are same getting in
their cerials then canola. Frost two
nights ago really killed the Vol ones.

[crusher]

Finished last night, Edmonton area. The rain is now starting. I'd think in my area the peas, wheat and canola are in with some barley to go yet. Its the reverse here, the BTO's were done first, they start early and giver.

[freewheat]

Got to 20% last night. Raining now.
Conditions were just getting good,
seeding straight through everything, but
alas, that will change. Waiting for
parts for four days killed me. A fellow
can get a lot done in 4 days... Even
alone. Thanks to those parts men who
"make an order" in words only. Thanks to
those who can't tell me the part number
of what they "ordered" so that I can go
elsewhere. You just may have cost me
hundreds of thousands of dollars, and
perhaps my farm.

[oneoff]

There are parts books available on-line for just about every conceivable farm machine. Farmers might very well be advised to look up their own requirements; even if it is to double check the "partsman's" conclusion.

[freewheat]

Of course one off, of course. But they
ordered it. It was supposed to be in on
Monday. Nope! Then Tuesday, etc. etc. I
have enough to do as a one man show, let
alone double checking guys who three
times claim that they ordered parts for
me. Other things about the situation
showed me too late how inept they were.

I am frustrated, I do not need a lecture
right now about double checking partsmen
and their orders. It was a service
manager who did the ordering actually.
Or so he said.

[rhoff]

We are 55%. Fields just getting good here. I hope
the weathermen are like freewheat's parts guy
and the rain just doesn't quite get here.

[dave4441]

95 percent done. Extremely wet quarter left that
may not get seeded again. SW sk

[Jagfarms]

80% done here. Some dry years we only seed
70% or less so so if we dont get any more
seeded we are still sitting pretty good.

[grrrr]

In this area all the small inefficient guys are done. It is the large efficient ones that need help. Go figure?

[freewheat]

HA HA HA grrrrr. made me chuckle in the
rain. lol

[Klause]

32% done as of 2 AM... HRS and SWS are in, along with oats.

Still have flax canola, and barley to do....


Thank God we booked short season canola... only thing that really worries me about what we have left is the flax.

Oh yeah... that's a few passes of HRS left I guess...

MB farm is done... some of it's been in the ground for almost 2 weeks and nothing poking out of the ground yet... sprayed 5 days ago, and nothing's turning yellow yet.

Sure is a slow start to the growing season.


PS: Anyone else have really dusty fertilizer product? at Cargil in Dauphin all of our starter blend (50lbs/ac of phos, 25lbs/ac of sulphur) was super dusty... literally cleaned a 5 gallon pail of dust and gunk out of the air drill meters daily.

The stuff we are getting from Viterra here in Humboldt is much better... more consistent and no dust.