Drier Weather for Prairies in 2015? Yes wishes do come true!

[sumdumguy]

Well written. What can we say? We can argue with the comments based on fabricated stats, but the fact as I see it is that the government dropped the puck. When the Wheat Board monopoly was removed there was lots of work to do. Instead we only heard silence, as if we were dumped in a culvert. llogistics was forgotten, BUT and a big BUT- where the "h" were and are our famous lobbyists like APAS - not much word from the peanut gallery.

[bucket]

I think they are busy making the rules on ditching to place that "culvert" in.

You have to like that one farmaholic/political advisor.

[freewheat]

I do wish for the 1988's, the 2001's and 2002's, etc. Those were great years. The dirty thirties? HA! 100 bushel oats, 60 bushel wheat. Oneoff, we do not all live in a historic desert.

I do think there was a normal. Look at the soils of Saskatchewan. The long term trend is obvious. Getting out of this rut of a soppy mess would be so great. Trouble is, for us in the wet zone, it will take a few years of drought to do it.

I DO NOT wish drought on anyone. But if one is in a typical drought zone, I would hope that the past decade did not make you think it will be this way forever.

Same for us. The past decade of hell I do not expect to hang on forever.

What will the seed folks say if their latest canola and wheat yields trend down due to dry?

[blackpowder]

This thread is not worthy of response. Let's see how much action Oblivious gets.

[Oliver88]

If would be good to have a few dryer or "normal" years to gain acres.

If it gets dry again, on former farmland there will be a lot of willows taken out and ALL the darn beaver dams will be gone!!

[freewheat]

If it became a long term "normal", would some of the drier areas revert to pasture, or have we lost that generation?

Around here, most guys sold out when the young guys started farming. The young guys think grain is easier, so dad sold the cows. Will that change?

[Oliver88]

I question if this article involves more spin and is politically motivated.
ChuckChuck why did you leave about the note at the bottom of the article regarding the writer.


"Dougald Lamont is a writer in Winnipeg. He also made an unsuccessful bid for the leadership of the Manitoba Liberal Party in 2013."

[blackpowder]

Yes every area different. Wish everyone here luck, but don't want too dry here.

You can't get in and out of cows.

[bucket]

Blackpowder

You can but it costs financially and physically.

Guys that built their herds know the right thing to do but rebuilding a herd is physically demanding.

[fjlip]

Attended FCC 2015 Outlook in Yorkton. Mark Robinson, WN, suggests weak El Nino, which makes for harsh early spring weather. Also shorter cold spells, ridging of jet stream for temp swings all winter. He admits long range is wild guesses, so using similar years data, is another way. He suggests that 2015 could be similar to 2003, 2007, and 2010, those were two of the WORST years on our farm! Hope that's wrong.

[Daylate]

I love being in control of my grain. As big of a mess it is. I decide what I want to do with it. Being in the middle of sask, rail is frustrating but exposed now. Change takes time. Just need to get the rail basis in line with traditional rates. Every statement in that article is easily read between the lines. And yes there is misleading info. Their completely full of shit on the durum statement as well.
I can't believe there is still support lingering.

[SASKFARMER3]

Learners usually the most accurate. Yes 2010 was one of the worst.
But how do you book seed fert chem when if its dry 1500 will be able to seed extra or if it's wet 2000 less.
I'm hoping no praying we have a dry few years need 4 to get land back to where it use to be.
Fingers crossed it's a dry year!

[farmaholic]

Keep up the good work bucket, sarcasm is a skill honed to perfection by practice.

[ado089]

No more of this please.

[farmaholic]

We have a lot to be grateful for here. Yes, we've lost some ground to water but nothing compared to some. We have average AT BEST land. We have bigger problems in drought years because of topography and soil texture. I know my farms strenghts, weakness, abilities and limitations, work within it's parameters....

I've seen enough farmland around Western Canada to be satisfied with where I am. I make the best of it.