Snow wasn't welcome

[furrowtickler]

I have been wondering how GARS is going to work with unharvested acres ?

[Hamloc]

So the question is with 4 inches of snow on the ground and it is still snowing what does everybody believe their chances of finishing combining are? I have looked at the long range forecast warmest day here in the next 2 weeks is +10 every other day is in the single digits with some very cold nights. Personally I think we are done until spring. I think there is a 30% chance my combine will run in the field again in 2016.

[sawfly1]

another inch or 2 of wet snow last night.
it just ain't right
gonna take till end of October to get near harvestable.
at least it is warming up a bit.
I have a 100 wheat standing , sort of standing , so not too worried .
but there is a lot of crop out yet, canola wheat.
the odds are not good,
when is a wheat swath laying in that muck gonna dry out, never

[blackpowder]

I think in my mind, this morning, the possibilty formed, that we could be hooped.
Still snowing. -7s etc overnight for most of week. More mixed flurrys end of week.
My last hope was the start of the World Series but.......
I guess you do something long enough you see a lot. First time for everything.
Immediate area <25% left out. No clear denominator as to why the who is done or not.
Moving out 25 miles, nearly done to nicely started.
Not shedding anything yet though. Even if it sits out till Xmas.
Banks were talking b4 the snow about some clients operating. Now?...
Even though had no 'season' to speak of at all this year.
Making some hard adjustments to acres standing and total acres per combine for the future!

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Not giving up. I leave everything standing just for this reason. Doesn't take long to shed the snow off a (sort of) standing crop. Freeze thaw cycle should help dry things. The ground is so wet that freeze up would almost be welcome now. Long term doesn't look warm, but at least looks dry.

Cows are adding to the complications. I have a bunch of bales that I can't move due to the ground being too wet, but cows need that ground for pasture soon. Had planned on pasturing stubble by now, but most haven't got the right fields finished for that.

Snow again overnight, but it is melting, still only a couple inches on ground.

[blueversi]

I would say combining done for this year. The long term highs don't look good, plus 5 and 6 for highs so for most of the day it's actually only plus 2 or 3, has to melt snow plus dry the crop some, not going to happen. The way the year has gone it just can't break out of the wet cycle , rain every weekend like clockwork since the end of June usually with showers in between. Take last Friday, was supposed to be sunny and high of 18, were fogged in until noon, had to have wipers on when heading to the field, adding moisture just like a rain to canola swaths.

[Oliver88]

Don't give up Blueversi.

2009 is an example of a terrible October but a pleasant surprise in November.

I think a rain +2 to +7C temperatures will melt snow in 10 days.

[fjlip]

We need a repeat of 2009....A warm Nov...but days are so short and nights so cold. Hope for a few weeks if NO MORE SNOW!

[farmaholic]

Snow forecast for tomorrow here....may as well get it out of it's system now before it does dry enough to give the guys a chance at it and snow or rain at that time...its no where close to being harvestable right now anyway.