Northeast is running out of time

[sofa.king]

Would seem that there eyes watching everywhere even from the media.

[Klause]

Straight south of Richardson Dixon elevator 8 miles. Not more than 8 fields seeded from here to elevator

[Guest]

I would note that it is the Saskatchewan agriculture department's weekly crop report that estimated that five percent won't be seeded, not the Western Producer. The newspaper simply reported what the government's weekly report said.
I expect that the agriculture department's report next week will have a better handle on the more recent wet weather and its effect on seeding progress.
The Western Producer is well aware of the wet conditions. On our website we reported on the forecasts for heavy rain last week and will continue to do our own reporting on how the spring campaign is proceeding.

that's the whole problem, anyone in their right mind knows that this is total bullshit , yet it still gets printed. why don't you get out and drive around , do some investigative journalism???????. all we get in news or papers anymore is someone's opinion or spin on what is happening , someone's personal opinion or reprinting bullshit is not news . anyways drive from Saskatoon to smokey burn and count the quarters seeded and the ones not seeded . it's real easy , then print that . that's what journalism is , not this crap . it's real nice reading that crap when you look around and all you see is unseeded land and unharvested land . shit sask won't even get get down to 5% unharvested , let alone 5% unseeded . what a joke. oh and it just dropped another 1/2" on us in 5 mins right out of nowhere

[foragefarmer]

"it just dropped another 1/2" on us in 5 mins right out of nowhere'

How is your alfalfa holding out with all the rain you've been getting? Hope it's hanging in there for you!

[Guest]

"it just dropped another 1/2" on us in 5 mins right out of nowhere'

How is your alfalfa holding out with all the rain you've been getting? Hope it's hanging in there for you!

It looks real good trouble is we grow it for seed and it needs some stress in its life to set seed (guess i could set seed good this year as no shortage of stress , lol) years like this you just get hay. Hasnt been a good seed crop here for 7-8 years and lots drowned out where it had 6' of water on it all last summer and fall, but whats there has a nice start and will produce if it gets hot and dry

[cuban_assassin]

As I have said before there are all kinds of PARASITES in the ag industry whom have an opinion about what is or is not happening on the farm. HEY ASSHOLES, thats right all of you whom make a living reporting about what is happening on the farm, SHUT YOUR MOUTH!!!!!! YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT!! IF YOUR NOT A FARMER SHUT UP!!!

[bucket]

Out of curiosity anyone see a report on grain movement, fertilizer supply, vessel reports...etc etc and yet everyone needs or gets to know our business.

[Guest]

drove from nipawin to home and from pontrilas drove 25 miles and saw 1 quarter seeded and lots of unharvested crop in the same 25 miles. this whole area is like that

[woodland]

We finally got planting yesterday. Only a month late here. Sunk the challenger not too bad and the sprayer 3 times. Our winch truck sure comes in handy. Going to need some luck to meet the June 5 crop insurance deadline. Good luck to everyone still fighting. Kinda frustrating knowing the fall could be a mess planting wheat and canola now but the insurance coverage is pathetic for oats and barley so we'll gamble. Can't be any worse than the past two years.....right??

[bucket]

It's still hitting low single digits here 1 degree at 4 am.

That's chilly...

[the big wheel]

I give wpmarkets credit for explaining their situation. I m sure they don't have the resources to weekly drive through the countryside and count fields which wouldn't help you anyway as you drive down one road and lots seeded you drive down the next next to nothing seeded. Not sure why the ag department is so out of touch though. But regardless look at the calendar. Lots of acres have to go in yet.
Also lots of farms get lost in the only 10% or only 5% bad thing. Some farms haven't started yet and may not seed anything crop is still out for them. Yet if there is 5% left out it would seem not
So bad but for those farms it's a total disaster and they get forgotten about.

Also wp you may want to dig into what's happenning to some of those farms. Waiting for crop or crop insurance. They have no income from those acres yet their input lenders are putting the screws to them. Give Scotia, FCC etc a call and ask what they are doing for
These people. FCC says they have programs but how many smaller farmers fit those programs and what happens if you have 2 successive years as many have. Ask Scotia in their input side if these farmers have missed their last year deadline what happens to their input loans. According to the one farmer that I was supposed to rent he s now in default and 18% interest is being charged back to the original purchase time. Should this. E happenning in a situation your waiting for either your crop insurance or your grain which you can't get either because of flooding? It sure don't look right to me.
That's the kind of reporting that doesn't happen enough. We hear this program
And that program but most of them are flops and don't fit. Where is the emergency grow forward for flooding? No one is talking about it because it's a joke.
Glad I don't have much land in that situation.