Drought situation - Sask

[furrowtickler]

Good point S/F, cutting back too much will kill guys this year.

[LWeber]

http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/forecast/24_hour_conditions_e.html?wrj&unit=m

Rosetown - 24 hour temps to 11:00 a.m.

[freewheat]

Seeding canola today at 4.75 lbs. The "experts" say seed early,seed early, but there is a reason why I wait to seed canola. along with excessive moisture, no leaves, no growth out there, many guys jumped the gun this year... Nothing like previous frost experience to say to heck with the experts. The soil is warm. very wet, and it will catch up. It is'nt a race, I tell myself.

[freewheat]

I must add that i am sorry for those who may have lost some crop to frost.

[SASKFARMER3]

The experts are saying seeding early because their trying to get it to way higher acreage and thats comming in southern Sask in non traditional areas. If one seeds early down their could be flowering before the 98 degree summer arrives.
Its all about putting Canola south and West in Saskatchewan. THey dont care about what growers know in traditional areas.

[furrowtickler]

Canola seeded between the 10 and 15th is not early at all in our area. We try to put in our canola while the moisture is still good and soil temps are reasonable, that may be the 5th or as late as the 20th. We try not to seed canola after the 25th, 9 years out of 10 seeding after the 25th the canola will either burn up our in a cool season get froze in August. It is a delicate balance sometimes. It is still dry here and the last 5 days canola is going in up to 1 inch to be in moisture. We need a rain, and nothing in the forcast to speak of. Canola plants that were established have taken a beating 20-30% froze out so far, worse north of here.