Friday Crop Report! on Thursday!

[farmaholic]

Does matter in Albertha?

[Guest]

hopefully they have an ostrich farmer to save their day like federal , that's workin out real good ,lol

[grassfarmer]

Oneil Carlier perhaps? Originally from Val Marie, SK and spent 20 years with Ag Canada at the PFRA. Just what I googled.

I'll say one thing about the NDP in AB, despite apparently having nothing to gain over the last decade courting the rural vote they are the one party that has always agreed to meet with all farm groups and listen to all farmers concerns.
The PC's were so arrogant they chose to only meet with groups whose political ideology aligned with theirs and that was not accountable Government.

[Everest]

The livestock industry specifically has some worries. If we look at what happened in Manitoba under the NDP, they decimated the livestock industry. Moratoriums on building new facilities, and even on upgrading existing ones, has driven hog production out of the province. Environmental over-regulation to appease real polluters (cities mainly, but also cottagers) has driven cattle production and feeding to Saskatchewan. Under Gary Filmon, the province became a world class hog producer and processor. Now the processing sector is crying for supplies.
And this was with a Minister who was over 18, and from a rural area.

[sumdumguy]

Grass farmer, you nailed it.

[MBgrower]

Im no supporter of mb's ndp, but agreed with the hog barn ban. Stupid raising hogs in a flood plain, sending all that shit into lake winnipeg. However the ban should be lifted in parts of western mb away from major drainage basins.

[grassfarmer]

Hey Braveheart are you hogging all the rain down at Killarney? looks like the Belmont-Baldur corridor doesn't have nearly as much in the forecast for next week. Got done seeding there on Monday and they say it's pretty dry.
Getting a little rain and snow here. Local weather station recorded -7.3C this morning. Won't miss the frostiness of this valley!

[TOM4CWB]

Perhaps Marg Boyd frm peace. School teacher and cattle farmer for many years

[Braveheart]

Grassfarmer, it appears we got lucky. We got a beautiful rain, about 8/10's. It came up in a narrow band from the south. I hope Belmont gets the next shot, but it's about 10 days out.

[grassfarmer]

The one I'm looking at shows another 3/4 for you on Sat/Sun and another inch Monday.
We could use that kind of moisture here right now but admittedly I don't have any crops to seed.

[stonepicker]

Got 9/10 tenths, couldn't have asked for a nicer rain. Seeding going well.

[Horse]

I bet the welfare cowboys are shaking in thier boots, there is 100mill just laying there for the ND to pickup.

[furrowtickler]

On the Friday report - hard frost from Meadow to Swift . Some crop will be up . Some areas will be freezing for 6-8 hrs .

[blackpowder]

Yesterday morn 1/4" ice on rain barrle -2. Today no ice -4.
Seeding in area 5-20%. More water than ever and dont have a clue where it came from.

Alberta has a helluva lot more urban dwellers of all kinds today than ever before.
When Edmonton city council voted for all gender bathrooms I knew the times had changed for good.