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    Mother Nature still wins in Canada, One of the hardest places in the world to grow a crop!

    After the last few days of wind, so no
    spraying, OK the custom guy from town
    was out yesterday but you pay for what
    you get.
    I stick with my comments that mother
    nature still rules in Canada. Years ago
    I was told that one of the hardest
    places to grow a crop in the whole world
    was Western Canada. Drought, monsoon,
    frost, extreme heat, hail and wind can
    all ruin a great great crop. Yet all the
    experts don't seem to get that. You can
    put every single thing to a crop and
    mother nature can take it.
    The last two days drove that point home.
    First I have been harvesting strait HRS
    so finding some interesting things in
    our HRS. We gave the crop every single
    thing one could ask from Midge on late
    to Tilt and Prosario and guess what the
    no sprayed to sprayed strips their is no
    real difference. Field after field. So I
    have come to the conclusion that this
    years crop was damaged by leaf hoppers
    on the hrs and aster yellows more than
    any one would have thought. If their is
    no real difference for midge we probably weren't effected. Saw them but maybe not
    the threshold we thought. On fusarium
    probably the very hot week at heading
    helped with this. Leaf hoppers and aster
    yellows in HRS i believe their is jack
    shit you could do.
    Yield is still their for a average but
    you harvesting 60 plus straw.
    So again mother nature still runs the
    ship and that is the reason over paying
    for land in western Canada is not a
    option. Renting from land companies to
    pay their shareholders is useless when a
    crop is destroyed by high winds. Simply
    farm what one has, do a great job on it
    and piss on the land companies. Then see
    how long their around.
    One neighbor was complaining how his
    canola ran 14 and he has a fall rent
    payment on the land of 50.
    Again mother nature will always win in Western Canada.

    #2
    My buddy hired a guy from ontario to run steamer
    truck(they go out to service rig site to warm stuff up
    before the crew gets there,up at 4 in the morning
    type stuff).

    I tried telling him that -25 with no wind wasn't really
    that bad but once the wind starts it quickly turns to
    hell,i told him it was the wind that really ruins our
    weather other wise it would be an ok place,he said he
    like working in the cold over the heat,guess we'll see..

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      #3
      Your right in the winter hauling or
      working out side in minus 40 is ok. Heck
      with out wind its not even that bag but
      as soon as the wind stats up your
      pouched. Even the tractor cools down
      quick. Oh I hate wind more than any
      thing when its a hurricane. Yesterday
      was a rough one. Imagine if we were half
      and half like the 70s, it would have
      been a very very grey day. Actually I
      remember a day in early 80s where we
      quit combining because the wind and dust
      were so bad you couldn't see.

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        #4
        shelterbelts were planted for a reason, and while they wouldn't have helped much in the last few days, they would have helped some. Now everyone is tearing them out. No figure?

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          #5
          Temps of minus 5 Calgary area.
          Any vulnerable crops in S AB?
          Golf ball hail with wind in AB also.
          Super combine job if that happens.
          And 2012 is still NOT over. What else?

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            #6
            Major hail damage in the Peace around Falher on Sunday. Not huge crops up there but still 30 bushel canola crops in swaths at 80-100% gone is not fun. Mother nature does rule.My cousin had 12 quarters of canola left with no hail insurance and 6 quarters done. Needless to say thats going to be a costly storm for him.

            I have done 3 quarters of canola so far here in St.Paul - yields are pretty good (40 - 45) but I also see no difference in fungicide versus no fungicide. Both sprayed and unsprayed have sclerotina but both seem to have occured late and did not effect the yield. I split a quarter and had no difference. I didnt spray the barley and it ran 75-80. Wheat is still standing.

            Ill tell you one thing though - the Bayer reps better not come around here. That L150 that lodged last year because it was a 'perfect storm' should have had to swath the crap I had this year. Twisted, mangled flat on the ground pile of crap. I have so many piles on that field it is unbelieveable. I think the cleavers stood better. And imagine its premium priced this year but dont worry Shaun, the yield will more then make up for the lodging. Ill try to get that done next - I figure it will take me an extra 2 days to get through the piles and blocking.

            Lucklily the wind didnt do too much damage around here - I still have a swath to pick up. Good luck to you all and lets hope the weather cooperates for everyone from here on out.

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              #7
              Perhaps you guys need some help.
              Here is a site which lists a number of gods to pray to so that you can get your crops harvested.

              http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/romangods/a/101910-Gregory-Floods-Roman-Gods-And-Goddesses-Of-Agriculture.htm

              Perhaps the god OPS might help.

              If that doesn't work, just pray that the Ritz hears your prayers and comes to the rescue.

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                #8
                all you guys bitch and complain about the
                wind, but your the first guys pulling out
                trees and shelterbelts to farm every god
                damn acre possible, maybe your granddad
                did know what the hell he was doing when
                he planted those trees in the fence row.

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                  #9
                  Chuckle chuckle, the local BTO trackhoe working as I type getting rid of leftover brush piles.
                  Guess whose canola swaths are the worst?

                  There is justice, which ever god is directing consequences!

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                    #10
                    Over the years many neighbors got upset with me when I didn't allow them to clear the line between our fields. Sure there is the odd tree that falls etc. but there is never any argument over where the line is and man did it make a big difference on 2 fields of canola at least 40 to 50 acres out there is little wind damage after that there is 30 % plus so figure that out in dollars.

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