Straight Talk

[Klause]

Do you have enough moisture to get a crop out of the ground?

Inlaws plainly don't... If it doesn't rain things won't sprout.. or at least not well.

Stopped at our colonsay land yesterday, could be out there seeding except the soil is too cold.


Around home moisture would be adequate to slightly surplus.

[hobbyfrmr]

As farmers, ranchers, gardeners our entire living hinges on rainfall. You do have to plant if you expect to harvest. As always recommended seed to moisture.
I have a bad habit of going a little deeper because the old cultivator is not much of a precision tool. So do consider there still a handful of so called farmers that just go out there and get planted with some very primitive seeding eauipment.....and then hope there will be adequate rain.

[bucket]

Last year laid the seed apparently 2mm above the moisture but was rain in the forecast everyday.

Well everyday became the end of July.

Not good. It was a shitty crop.

[blackpowder]

Have to seed or no insurance. Could be going now. 2 1/2 weeks early. Wont start for 2 weeks yet. Scared to look where moisture is.

[farmaholic]

hobby.... your seeding equipment may not be a precision tool but you are...Sorry, spring is here and a bit feisty...LOL


My biggest concern will be the moisture in the flax stubble, then the pea stubble, and everything else should be close to equal. Not that there was any amount of snow here to fill stubble in the first place but seems flax is notorious for drying the ground out... I don't know if the left over stubble is a ****ing wick for moisture to get pulled out of the ground or what. I might have to adjust my rotation...

[tubs]

moisture alright way to early to start seeding I will wait to around 1 of may

[grrrr]

Looked yesterday. Air drill still standing in 2 feet of snow. Not starting for a while yet. And yes, there is enough moisture.

[freewheat]

Excess moisture here. Actually, excess snow left for this time of year. Forecast high today? 12 C. Actual current temp? 4 C. And so it goes. I may be glad at some point that it is shaping up like this here, but right now it is crazy...

[SASKFARMER3]

Wet wet wet! Good if your at a T shirt party.
Like the heat today!

[biglentil]

wet up north dry down south go figure, regina flats seem dryish 50kms north adequate.

[freewheat]

Wet wet wet! Good if your at a T shirt party.
Like the heat today!

Heat? What heat? Plus 5.

[grassfarmer]

Moisture to start a crop here, but very cold soil. Not much reserve in the soil if you go by dugout/slough levels. Supposed to rain anywhere from an 1" to 2.5" here Thur-Sat depending which forecast you look at. Bring it on I say! Too early and too cold to be seeding so time for a moisture top up first.

[fjlip]

More than enough moisture to start, if it ever warms up to melt the snow. It has not completely melted on north facing roof of our house YET. Big water is BIGGER, check Quill. The warmest temp yesterday so far this YEAR...7.5C!. Wondering what planet we are on after being in Saskatoon on weekend? Just heard in Mistatim area, ALL white 18" on level in fields! Just a 30 mile strip E and W. Wild extremes. Neighbor said his family moved up here in 30's because it never rained near US border and they were starving then. Could it repeat? Wet could be the high price land, Freewheat. Pics are Mistatim winter on Apr 12, any of drought same day?

[blueversi]

It's always our eastern pocket that holds snow the longest, further north PA area, fields are bare.