Friday Crop Report!

[Braveheart]

Rockpile, didn't take any bait. Jumped in, eyes open. TV sucks Thursdays. I was bored and wanting to live up to the first line in my file that reads, "doesn't play well with others".

I understand what you're saying about not meeting specified grades or, getting dumped on by bad weather and circumstance. That's when the contingency plans come in.

This business is about managing risk. Knowing what you can do with 7% FHB, or low grades. Being as lean as possible in crop inputs till things turn around.

Is John D'Amico still alive? I can't skate worth a shit so I hope it's not a hockey fight.

[SASKFARMER3]

Boy did this thread get side tracked.
It's about being safe not worrying about a worthless crop. Meaning a crop that's getting close to your cost of production. We lost another one of us tonight. Be safe.

[Braveheart]

What I am trying to say without saying it out loud is about being safe inside your head. Having depression and anxiety can be as harmful as any farm accident. Trying to maintain a positive outlook as much as possible helps. I try to suggest ways to help. I've seen firsthand how unsafe the wrong thoughts can be.

SF3, are you writing of a tragedy in your area?

[blackpowder]

News flash from Tom country. Everyone bullshits. You might as well grin while you bear it.
The usual suspects got done just before rain. The main herd finished Saturday. Coffee shop yields good average. I should publish AFSC reported yield for area when available. More lower average I expect.
I'll start some fall banding Saturday. Keep it sane.

[BreadWinner]

Sorry to all the family and friends of the farmer that was killed in a farm accident today. I heard a 57 year old man was killed trying to tow out a stuck combine. Very tragic news.

[farmaholic]

I knew exactly what you meant SF3, although saying it was worth nothing is a little extreme. But I said the same thing here to the people who help me. We put in extra hours and slugged the durum crop through the combine before the threat of looming rain, like it was gold, knowing full well it was poor quality. No one to blame but myself for trying to preserve what little, if any, quality remained after a growing season that proved too wet/damp. And nothing but help from the same source of the cause
could reverse it, if She would have just provided some drier conditions at the right time. It was precipitation at harvest that ruined this crop on our farm.

And no, it isn't "worth" risking injury or death for what they're offering to pay for it.

[farmaholic]

Pardon me, it was supposed to read: it WASN'T precipitaion........


Man I especially dispise hereing of people dying while farming. Especially the way we're treated. Another hurt family, what happens when police or firefighters lose their lives while on duty, is what we're doing any less valiant or honourable. Wasn't farming at one time one of the higher risk occupations? Another unsung hero.....

[fjlip]

News item of a farmer pinned under a tractor when pulling a stuck combine. Anyone have more info?

[Braveheart]

SF3, I'm sorry I didn't understand what you were trying to say. There have just been so many threads on here that go down the road of low prices, poor crops, nothin ain't worth nothin, that thats all I saw coming.

We always maintain that safety is first. We have to have fun doing what we do as well. But there is no crop, no cow, no,piece of machinery, no amount of money that is worth the health and safety of the people here.

[foragefarmer]

Braveheart

It's nice that you finally got what everyone else understood was being said. Go back to lobbying in Ottawa they speak your language.