What's Worse Than Drought?

[Burbert]

Worst possible condition fer seedin a crop
is flood. Cause it won't likely happen,
that is seeding. Way worse than drought,
don'tya think????

[TOM4CWB]

Burbert,

A crop wasn't ever lost in western Canada on April 15th before!

[fjlip]

Agree Burbert, million times worse.
Cold and snow is max depression.

Is the snow map accurate, most of Alberta covered by snow, Sk & Mb is 90% brown?
We have 50% snow cover and map shows us brown!

[SASKFARMER3]

Map of Saskatchewan is only brown in west east
is white.

[bucket]

I am with you on this burbert.

With a drought you can still accomplish something. Rain and muck made me lazy. I won't be doing a rain dance for a long time.

My most productive land is under water.

Seeding hilltops is not productive.

Is true we never lost a crop on april 15, same sentiment last year as I was waiting for a couple more drying days to seed square quarters. Only to never accomplish much last year.

[JDGreen]

Funny i am in southwest sask and its plenty
white here. No chance of seeding here till at
least may 5 or so. Two weeks behind normal
now and forecast is crap for the next week.

[BreadWinner]

Tom don't say it cant happen. Ive learnt that what cant happen usually does. There is a first time for everything.

[TOM4CWB]

Breadwinner,

"A crop wasn't ever lost in western Canada on April 15th before!"

If weather is like this... May 15... then your comment will be justified.

[BreadWinner]

Well in our area last year crop was lost in the middle of April, we just didnt know it till the middle of June.

[jethro456]

Got a foot of wet snow Wednesday night in
southern Alberta. Mostly brown again today, but
we are wet. Need a couple of weeks

[food4u]

Never thought I would say this but" I am getting tired of wearing rubber boots" and long to put on regular work boots.

[GALAXIE500]

Good morning everybody. Here in my part of the country (Maple Creek SK. ) we have lost pretty well all of our snow, but the cypress hills got dumped on and the forecast is still talking for more. Hope they are wrong. I have got a lot of water laying where I havent seen it before ,although pictures from 1952 that we have show similar conditions , so this really isn't a first. I never thought I would say that I wish for a warm west wind and no moisture for a long while. If the experts think we are going to have more crop in than last year , maybe they should talk to the fellas on the east side of the province. I have also heard that south of cypress hills still have lots of snow. When Old mother nature decides to turn the heat up , there is going to be a lot of water running where we dont want it. Pretty hard to pay bills with crop insurance.