Weather...

[farmaholic]

Humidity as low as 25% from mid to late afternoon with a hurricane wind(probably average 50 Km/hr)....isn't that ****in special!!!

Trying to conserve moisture,.,.,. not dry shit out.

Ahhhh farming, not for the faint of heart or anyone who knows better...

[Guest]

here in the northeast , I have never saw it dry up so fast ! we had quarters half covered in water 5 days ago and now you can drive a pickup on them . this is really strange ? had a couple hot days but been cooler ever since ?

[furrowtickler]

Snowin and blowin here this morning

[farmaholic]

JDgreen, What's the moisture situation like in SW Sask?

Any one care to reply from Southern Alberta?

[mustardman]

Don't remember so many days in a row with SE winds and NOT get a rain out of it.
Sucking the moisture right out of the soil, good thing Summerfallow is a thing of the past or the Sun would be blacked out by DUST

Got the drill in deeper than I'd like but moisture is fleeting and getting harder to find

[mustardman]

Past days like this I can't help think of our fathers and g.fathers sitting on Cabless tractors !!

[sumdumguy]

Seed in the dust -bins will bust! Thats what they say. We seeded in dust more years than we seeded in mud and lentils like dust better. One good inch and a halfer after seeding and kapow! Some durum was seeded 3 days ago SE of Regina. Its sprouting.

[furrowtickler]

mustard , I was thinking the same thing. Almost always get a rain after 3 days of se winds.

[mustardman]

Seeding durum on Flax stb and soil is Not wet ,more like freeze dried crumbly dry. Turned fert down as I'm not too optimistic .
Thought about leaving for chemfallow but haven't done that for 20 years and hate to start again

[farmaholic]

Now that should be a sobering thought for the Industry......

In a way we are in worse shape than last year.... I doubt we have the reserve we had last spring.

My main goal is to get the crop out of the ground as good as last year.....the rest of the growing season will be Hail Mary's....again(so far).

Ahhhh farming, not for the faint of heart or anyone who knows better....

[biglentil]

Calling for -5 at Regina Sunday may wanna cover those fresh sprouts.

[Steve_Winkler]

Got a very badly needed half inch here Saturday morning (20 min SE of Calgary) . Been a long stretch between any measurable moisture before that. Cold and grey today with a little drizzle. Should be very good seeding conditions now.