snow

[SASKFARMER3]

On a positive note it's only snow. One freaky winter storm were Saskatchewan we get them. Quick melt were still ok. Weather patern hasn't changed yet? That's the key!

[Klause]

Hopper do you think we have more than last year this time? I think we do...

[blackpowder]

Willy isnt delusional this time. Not all of us farm in your region Sask. Still drive across field with good 4x4 here.
To me snow just tells me it can. Meaning water can come.
I feel for u Sask, but not as much as Im gonna feel if we dont get rain in June here.

[jake550]

6 inches is to much snow for the entire winter in our area. Way to wet. Please can we have a drought. At least drought doesn't ruin the land.

[freewheat]

Jake, isn't that the truth?

[grassfarmer]

No its a fallacy actually. Globally drought causes huge damage to soils (primarily desertification) excess moisture causes very little.

[farmaholic]

Even though we haven't suffered the "too wet" effect to the same extent that some of you have, I'd settle for a drier than normal year too. What ever normal is these days...

Less fungicides
less time in the sprayer
more leisure time
more money for me
probably fewer bushels but hopefully quality bushels and hopefully get paid as much as I would if I had to handle a third more bushels.

Kinda the model everyone else runs under.

[jake550]

Ok, severe drought isn't good either. But anyone that says excess moisture doesn't ruin land has obviously never experienced it!!

[Klause]

Grass aren't you moving to manitoba?

[grassfarmer]

I am Klause, but like here inadequate moisture will always be our limiting factor. When you manage the water cycle like we do through our grazing/forage management we can DOUBLE our EFFECTIVE rainfall and the impact of that is huge. We can probably get 40% extra production at NO COST! When you have properly functioning water and plant systems you can handle any amount of water and are better prepared for both drought and flood.

I'd encourage some of you grain farmers and pasture overgrazing ranchers to take a holistic management course. Once you learn to stop fighting nature everything becomes easier.

[Klause]

grassfarmer,


You're going to get schooled.

It's not rain. It's overland flooding my friend.

We never over grazed a pasture, but when our 1100 acres of pasture was 80% under 2 feet or more of water, we didn't have enough feed for 140 cows.

I know you get a lot of rain in the UK... but the land, everything from soil, elevations, etc is completely different.

Like I say, it'll be a learning experience.



The prairies were damaged by over-tillage, yes... however the salinification of soil has taken more acres out of MB and Sk pretty much permanently than the dirty thirties ever claimed.

[Hopperbin]

I think we do have more klause. I have not done any snowmobiling but brother in law says its hard snow out there in the open. So yes more than have had generally but then again the banks beside the house are not up to the eaves yet. People should have taken more pics back then. Someone claimed they snowmobiled over a house once and not a flattened house. My kids would not do that. They are good. :-). The snow is lovely at wapiti. Hipity hapity. :-) take a holiday

[Hopperbin]

Oh my post took a while to post. Nothing to do with your last post. We will be ok. I suppose the trucking has issues in these conditions so dont envy a grain trucker. Adm still not open.

[Klause]

Hopefully dries off fast.

The Mrs. and I spent the weekend in Saskatoon... nice meal, lots of wandering and shopping... took in the horse show....

will have a hired man here this spring, so he'll be on the cultivator with spikes steady I think....


Viterra keeps pushing off my pea delivery by a few days also. Isn't just ADM... Trucking's interesting some days just can't make time with the snow... leaving for Altona again tomorrow at lunch time.

[grassfarmer]

Fear not Klause I did my homework - no rivers or big lakes to overland flood my new place, we'll be high and (hopefully not too) dry. Didn't fancy any of that ocean front property north of the #1.