Why one area is really hurting.

[tweety]

Ok so that makes 4.

Oh yes, we've turned it into a drinking game! I mean, how can you not???

[SASKFARMER3]

Ah tweety you troll are back must of finally woke up!

[freewheat]

Ok. I will offer some of the yields for those who deny there was a problem and/or do not believe us. I am in the wettest of the wet zone, east of the Quill lakes. Here we go:

2006. seeded 110 acres. Yield on all crops except wheat, ZERO. The one field of wheat I did get seeded, went about 45 somehow.

2007 Seeded a third of the land, but no tractor entered the land in 07. Seeded winter wheat in the fall of 06. Yielded 35 to 40. Canola seeded by airplane yielded between 12 and 14.

2008. Seeded everything. Oats went from 30 to 80, depending on soil texture. Yellow mustard went 18. Canola went 40 ish somehow.

2009 Seeded everything. Canola went 28-45. Oats were 120, wheat was 50.

2010. Seeded nothing. Yields were ZERO again.

2011. Seeded 70%. Wheat went 45-50, oats 60, canola went 24. Too wet.

2012. Seeded 80%. Too wet. Canola floated on, yieldes 12-14. Canola conventionally seeded went 20 ish. Too wet and aster yellows. Canary went 27. Flax, half was not harvested due to immaturity: What I did get went about 27. Cut it in half so 13.5.

2013 and 14. 2013 75% of normal yields. Affected by too much rain.

2014. Finally had a decent crop overall. Lucked out that the rain stopped in the nick of time.

So between 2006, and 2014, yields were pathetic for the most part, except for 2008, if the land got seeded at all.

Any other questions? I would be happy to share more info for those doubters.

Through this all, my Crop insurance yields are:

Canola: 39
Wheat: 54
Oats: 109

The point is, when you are used to high 40's canola, and you put inputs on for such, and you get hammered and get multiple years of under 20, it is very painful to the bottom line. The good thing about crop insurance, is that if you get nothing seeded cuz of too wet, they do not adjust your yields down using a zero for that year.

Too much rain is bad. Very, very bad.

[tweety]

Incredible freewheat! That takes patience not to hurt small animals with that kind of rain.

I've been quite fortunate and over the last 3 years around 35 on canola. Not super, but am fortunate to have something.

See SF3, its possible, all i asked for was last year. If bad grammar made the farmer, you'd win. I have no idea what your last post means other then it counts for 2 drinks.

[SASKFARMER3]

Your a trol drink till your gone!

[tweety]

What's the matter, volume over area too difficult? Math is hard.

[stonepicker]

Remember sf3, when your pointing your finger at someone....

[wakopa]

I guess at the end of the day the question isn't going to be ans. so we can say the yield was decent .

[SASKFARMER3]

Seeded acreage of little over 4000. But after the June down pours it took harvested area down to little over 3000. No flood assistance since it was after seeding. average on the 3000 , 39.21. Or on the 4000 31.82.
But the difference from us and you is 1000 acres had fert. Seed , chem, disease, etc that no yield was achieved on.
Simple enough to understand tweety. So yes I achieved more yield than you on average but total over seeded were the same. Ah twins.

[SASKFARMER3]

Cleaned up the lake today so just back in city.

[Guest]

I'm just curious, has there been full quarters of land lost to the quill lakes? I can't believe how much bigger they have got in the last few years, or appears that way when driving by on highway ? that sure is a lot of rain to deal with !

[GOODRUM]

Caseih I was talking to a local there last week and he claims that in one area the shoreline has advanced 7 miles in one area anyway.
Not sure on the timespan,

[seabass]

Cams the best Richard

[Oliver88]

This study on the Quill Lakes sounds interesting.
What is the recommendation for decreasing the water level in the study?

[redleaf]

As mentioned or requested previously, where can this study be accessed ?