Well it looks like seeding is done for this week!

[SASKFARMER3]

You know you work almost non stop for 11 days and when you can just barely start to see the end in sight mother nature throws you a curve ball. Well our curve ball arrived Friday night then got going Saturday only to wake up sunday with more rain.
When you live in a area with rain some times you just have to shake your head.
We got to 72% done, which isn't that bad for the time we had to seed this year. But the finish line is just over the next hill and bam your in a mud hole again.
What's funny is seeding was actually fun this year and getting better each day. Tow ropes were used but not every hour.
For some of you who needed rain good for you I hope you have a very successful year.
For the ones who entered the Mud zone again safe seeding, because here we go again.
Rain till Saturday for East Central and SE sask.

[furrowtickler]

Most years a 15 day "good" seeding window is pushing it in the majority of western Canada. Hope you get er done, we have one 270ac field to do but it has turned very wet in areas here too.

[SASKFARMER3]

Furrow your are correct a 15 day window is the best most areas get. Problem is we lost the first two weeks with snow still on the ground. The winds were great and really did help dry it up. My problem will become worse if we get a usual 3 inch rain in the next 4 days. Then were back to moisture levels of the last three years and that's when Mud starts making a Dud.

[fjlip]

Conditions were getting better, but it's MUD under the straw/trash sealed and cold, 12 soil temp. NOT a good seed bed at all. We missed rain yesterday, stayed S of #5. NB, PA and Melfort forecasts have very little rain this week.
MB getting wet this morning again.

[SASKFARMER3]

fjlip how far along are you?

[SASKFARMER3]

Looks also really wet south of sask and Manitoba for till Saturday!

[fjlip]

60%, most in the area about half done, a few nearly done. Those with fall tilled fields had better conditions.

[SASKFARMER3]

I agree the fields that I went and Kelly harrowed or ripped last fall were a dream to seed. The ones not touched had issues.

[SASKFARMER3]

Most in our area needed one more week and seeding 2013 would have been done!

[jamesb]

We haven't had a huge amount of rain but what has stopped up is the fog and drizzle. I heard of a few guys try and seed through the fog and end up plugging their manifolds up with caked fertilizer. makes for a short seeding day