Rain Doesn't Make Grain!

[farming101]

What a contrast! Maybe a half inch of rain and water laying everywhere. Starting next weekend looks bad right now. Some showers, total cloud cover, high humidity and cool temps. That better not materialize here or May will quickly be turning into June. And I know our conditions are much better than many areas.
Been waiting for ground to firm and get a few crumbs on top, but looks like seeding will be the same as the last 7 years. Into muddy conditions with our moisture conserving seeding tool.

[farmaholic]

101...there's the irony, "moisture conserving seeding tools". The opposite of the very reason they and the conservation farming methods were developed are biting us all in the ass a bit....from too wet to disease pressure in the right conditions, who would have thought. I always preached about flexibility, how much flexibility can a farm afford....flipping iron to suit different conditions or buying the lastest and greatest vertical tiller. No one but us cares what it takes or how much it costs to grow the crop-just grow it!

Lots of hungry parasites and people.

ps, half a tenth here last night.

[mcfarms]

Currently weather Network is agreeing with the wxmaps.org shown here. Pushing hard here as if true not going to be fun if we're not done.

[seabass]

Pullout the old discers and make Discer Bob Dodds happy again! That will dry the ground out. Lol!

[stonepicker]

Don't sell the cultivator.

[bigzee]

Year ago today we had a 3 inch rain which was very welcome at the time. That now would make things a bit dicey.

[mcfarms]

Not feeling any pressure gawd.


Yup

[bucket]

No one wants to pay for what we grow anyway.....the market is always right.....it will be worth more when you don't have it....

If it's in the ground and continues to rain .....well.....most guys said they wished they would have sat 2010 out .....cost more to get a crop than it was worth....machines were wrecked pulling....

[fjlip]

Not feeling any pressure gawd.


Yup

If we get those 3" at max guesses, 2017 will be over before we start.
Just showers every few days will screw us up, never be fit to seed.
Where is the predicted drought? Probably starts in July.

[bucket]

Serenity now.....

[seldomseen]

We got an inch so the water is running strong again plus the forecast look cold and damp for the next week. I am not sure when we might get a chance to start seeding but on the bright side I get to watch more playoff hockey!

[bucket]

Not sure I can afford to sit this year out....weather has to smarten up...as in dry or like it was when I had the energy to work late ....


In 2008 and 2009 could spray one end to the other. ...now I can't make a staight pass anywhere.

[sumdumguy]

Have you ever heard of "Weathertab.com" for long-range weather forecasting. It's new to me.

[furrowtickler]

Thx for the link sumdum. Will check it out