RIP spring thrashed grain

[farmaholic]

Yup, wears ya down!

Blown swaths.
Tipped bins.
Lifted shingles(if you have shingles).
Wind burned face.
Messy hair(if you have any).
Shitty gas mileage bucking wind.
Walking with a lean.
Drifting/dusting fields in the old days.
Out of control or hazardous fires in dry conditions.
Drying fields too much at seeding time(sorry too-wet folks).
Fields swept clean of snow sometimes.
Windchill.
Nearly tearing open doors off houses, vehicles and equipment.
Just plain shitty to work in.
Loading flax or anything light.
Shitty sledding because of rock hard drifts and rough conditions.


Now you know why I say wind is my nemesis!?!?!?!?!?!?

[Guest]

Snowing heavy with a strong wind at the moment! It sure doesn't make me feel more optimistic but then it is only the 8th of April.

good time for the old bitch to get it out of her system ! was dryin up way to fast here anyways . where are you in the northeast ?

[bluefargo]

We have a half section of barley completely destroyed by a hundred thousand friggin' snow geese. There was no stopping them. Birds are getting to be a big factor here. First time for a spring wipeout.
This is a recent thing. Partly due to all the water around. Thier flyway seems to have changed also. Geese of any kind used to be a rarity here. Not now. I hate the bastards.

[farming101]

Populations of some species have increased six times since the 70's
Last time we had peas the geese took 20%
Swathing has become a big no-no in some areas because of geese
By the time geese get done with over wintered crop in springtime it looks like it has gone through a combine. They take it all

[farmaholic]

Could that be a blessing in disguise? Insurance. Wildlife damage compensation.

[farming101]

Waterfowl damage claims usually work out quite fair

[farmaholic]

Then put away the scare cannons and let them eat it. Unless you have livestock that could have made use of it.

We are far enough south that harvest is usually complete by the time the snow geese come through. Some years the buggers would starve if they had to live off our pea stubble...not so last year. Good crop hard to put through and had some shelling by the time we got done.

[Ache4Acres]

Speaking of wind

Around regina big wind for last couple days, today some fall tilled fields were blowing like the 30s! Last year a few top soil drifts around at times throughout the year where it was hit with the disc

[farming101]

Ha! Never too concerned about wildlife damage here. They will take their share and not much you can do about it as Blue Fargo said.
It's amazing how the geese clean up grain. In the fall they will work in pea and barley fields till you can hardly find a seed anywhere
If you have 100,000 snow geese on your property at 5-7 pounds a piece depending on species that's like five to seven hundred 1000 pound steers. They can do a lot of damage

[SASKFARMER3]

Always said Rain makes Grain year one but then excess rain makes mud and mud year after year makes shit.

Good luck with the harvest that never ends.

We had a dryer winter with limited snow and rain since the October shit show. Actually have hopes up this can be a decent spring. But every one of my neighbours is thinking the same thing watch the Easter weekend we get a dump of wet soaking shit to ruin a great spring.

Time will tell for us but so far this farmer has a smile.

[Partners]

Rain with snow here..grass is white..no smiles here..

[Guest]

Rain with snow here..grass is white..no smiles here..

same here