Well what a run! We got to 50% done!

[oneoff]

Nah! If I had a point it would be whether 5000 acres or 10,000 acres or maybe 1280 acres should be enogh for one farmer to make a living.

My point would be....take a look at your recent RM map and count the relatively few different corp nammes and landowners.

I'd ask those taxpayers "where do you intend to see this ending?". Can you count on every day of a month to be a 24 hour harvest day. Can you stand the stress (year after year) of what Mother Nature is liable to visit upon your operation?

I do detect the defensiveness in the tone of talk from larger operators and note the labor sources upon which many depend.

There are some major fundamental problems; and no intention to make any major changes.

[SASKFARMER3]

One off you really don't get it do you! In the 3 RMs I farm in wtf are you talking about! Mom and pop operations old farms and now done kids from city buying land! Yes we have gas buddy and now Ontario teachers pension fund owning 70 quarters! Who cares! Size doesn't matter it's how well you handle your farm! Yes the guy seeding end of June ok that's pathetic but the rest around here farm and do it good! It's October not mid November! We all have a plan and in east sask most are happy with shitty weather to be at half done! Oh your comment on small farms, the 100km drive out the 10 I know here is the stats.
2 at 80 acres left out of 4 quarters
3 one quarter done!
4 at half done
1 just started!
You are what's wrong with farmers ever winning at this game jealousy the companies will always win over us! Family farms are family farms, big or small it doesn't matter!

[Goodtime]

Guys...really?...telling a guy to downsize or just farm one quarter because of the weather? I am on the east side and not a large farmer by any means but we are in the same boat at 50%. The weather has been shit here too with every rain, fog possible hitting our acres. Come out for a drive and you will see a shit load of crop out on large and small farms.

[oneoff]

You do realize that you are inviting comment from everyone of those specific small farmers referred to. I'd be wary about them linking your knowing their specific parcels to their names; because you may well have them in mind for your next expansion. They may get offended.

It won't happen; but they might well point out that complaining about 5900 acres (plus or minus those drowned out) still to get to; means you have a ways to go too; and you obviously have more than enough for this year at least.. More than likely those persons
have as many aspirations to be in your shoes as you have to be in their situation.

And whether "rookie" or pioneer or cellar dweller or able to live in a penthouse is pretty immaterial.

[Steve_Winkler]

50% here roughly too. More showers today. Wheat got to 16 yesterday so took some off. The big snow a few weeks back has just killed our harvest. Crops flat down to and below the furrows has forced us to swath everything. Took a grade and now the continued wet will take another most likely. Thankfully we have had a neighbour do a few acres for us, they got hailed out on 2/3 of their crop. Fun year..... Not.

[blackpowder]

The same guys in the same cat fight again.

I'm at 2/3. The area generally the same. Most of us. Forecast implies no more dry wheat. However one neighbours records indicate %40 of the crop got harvested in October in the last 40 years. Friggin feed wheat anyway.
There isn't one person but me on this planet affected whether I get the crop off or not. Let's wait with the group cry until Halloween.

[Braveheart]

I hope you all get done. Big, small, or in between.

It is nerve racking. It also sets things back for next years start.

[Steve_Winkler]

Honestly we have probably done more harvesting in October than September most years. Usually have the wheat done though. There has been many Halloween's and we are still combining, hoping the snow doesn't fly.

Good Riddance 2014.

[Hopperbin]

61 percent. In swathed wheat testing 13. 3:30 am last night. Trying for 9:45 start not sure if she will go. 2388 had to take concave out this morning to unplug. One hour job but was best way no damage. Rain forcast to start at 4pm here and pit in for 7 days. If this dont turn to snow I dont know. Area average much ahead of me some done.

[Hopperbin]

61 percent. In swathed wheat testing 13. 3:30 am last night. Trying for 9:45 start not sure if she will go. 2388 had to take concave out this morning to unplug. One hour job but was best way no damage. Rain forcast to start at 4pm here and pit in for 7 days. If this dont turn to snow I dont know. Area average much ahead of me some done.