Need more frost and drought coverage in daily news

[Guest]

come on "our one and only farm newspaper" , farm advisers , marketing experts , step up to the plate. I know you're not supposed to talk about crop problems , but this is huge , billions of dollars ! put lots of pictures , cover it like you do the wheat and canola glut and the never ending saga of why commodity prices can't go up because there is a chance of a shower on a forty acre field in South America , etc., etc., etc.

[pourfarmer]

I haven't heard piss all about drought on any media. Last week I clicked on the weather app and it had a story about how soaked the prairies were with that last shotgun storm.

[furrowtickler]

Agreed - crops are now being written off by crop insurance in a huge area in sw Sask - including lentils from what I hear - 3 to 4 in tall with one flower - done

[rockpile]

There was a good article in todays Calgary Herald. They quoted 3 or 4 farmers who summed things up quite accurately. Except for one, a smart ass from the Warner area. He bragged about how they only grow drought tolerant crops and besides, that's why farmers carry crop insurance. And then he went on about how you have to set aside money from the good years to cover events like this, blah, blah, blah. So an urbanite reading this will come to what conclusion?

[tweety]

You mean the 999 out of a thousand that don't skip over the article? They only buy organic.

[tweety]

It pains me to see the Edit? button but does nothing.

You mean the 1 out of a thousand that doesn't skip over the article? They only buy organic.

[WPmarkets]

Western Producer June 11
Front page "Praying for Rain" leads off big package of stories about dry weather and frost.
Western Producer June 18
Front Page "Rain: the fickle mistress, some areas got much needed rainfall while others remain frustratingly dry"
P3 - "Alberta pastures crying for rain"
Markets section - stories on market implications of dry weather and a piece on what to do if your think you won't be able to fulfill production contracts.
Column on tightening global canola picture with emphasis on Canadian situtation.
I expect we will have a lot more if this rain forecast proves disappointing.

[bucket]

A rain won't help. It's a wreck, it would be better to stay dry.

Guys will end up with crops at different stages not worth SFA.

Better to have the graincos look for product elsewhere for a couple years.