Sask Crop Specialists

[Goodtime]

If I hear them say crops look good again I am going to puke....especially that Shannon gal when talking on the radio...come for a swather ride, some patches decent then crap short burnt patches...far from looking good.

[SASKFARMER3]

I go into this every year they ride around oh it oooks great not looking at bods or heads or what filled and what didn't.

And then the best

We're ahead this year harvesting so that's a positive. Yea we're ahead because the shit burned up you rock star.

Or rain is adding to Grain in ND.

Yea maybe next years winter wheat that will be seeded soon

[furrowtickler]

Makes you wonder who is paying their wages .
Many of us have posted pictures of reality from in the fields and yields from the south don't lie . It's a huge area affected and they seemed to be getting paid to ignore reality.

[danny W1M]

Where is the actual drought area, lets not confuse drought and dry areas.

Let try and draw it out using highways.

Starting from SESK, from the U.S. border going north and south, from Estevan, I'd say the line is a little east of Hwy #39 Not sure where it would end up at, Regina or Moose Jaw, I don't know conditions well enough up there. We need others to fill in from there.

[farmaholic]

Hard to cry "drought" with some of the pleasant surprises so far this harvest. Even dipped our pickup into canola to sample it....way too early to say much...headland swaths around low spots will skew over-all averages.

Thankful for that almost 2.5 inches of rain in the middle of June, otherwise it would have been real ugly.

[MBgrower]

most of those govt crop specialists work for the govt and not the private trade for a reason. private trade don't want them.

[farmaholic]

MB. Maybe its the "for life government tit pension" that anyone of them would like to have. Benefits, holidays, etc. I think lots of them in Gov and Private would like to be at home on the farm hoeing their own row.

[Oliver88]

Where is the actual drought area, lets not confuse drought and dry areas.

Let try and draw it out using highways.

Starting from SESK, from the U.S. border going north and south, from Estevan, I'd say the line is a little east of Hwy #39 Not sure where it would end up at, Regina or Moose Jaw, I don't know conditions well enough up there. We need others to fill in from there.

I think this would depend on your definition of drought.

[danny W1M]

Oliver88, that's where I started out. Some people think they're having a drought, where really they're just dry. If it stays dry, the drought will show up next year.
Some already got a heads up this spring with their land dusting off, a good warning for all of us to use sensible trash management this fall.

[seabass]

I would consider 80% of western Canada to be in a drought. If you got a small percentage of your normal rainfall I think that classifies as drought. Most of the crop area will be in huge trouble next year if it don't rain much this fall and next spring. Snow will help a bit but most just runs away.

[farmaholic]

For ****'s sake already....can someone post a reliable definition of a "drought" so we can all use the same ****ing yardstick for once and for all.

Then we can argue about which definition to use!!!

[farmaholic]

For ****'s sake already....can someone post a reliable definition of a "drought" so we can all use the same ****ing yardstick for once and for all.

Then we can argue about which definition to use!!!

WELL?

[farmaholic]

Agriculture and Agri-food Canada Drought Monitor

There, its official. I'm in drought conditions. ...remember boundry lines are ambiguous. ...now am I in extreme or severe drought?

[Guest]

we had 42" last year , about 5" this year . it's been a month and half w/o rain . normal here is 10-12 . we sure are getting dry though. surprised there arent more fires going , or fire bans ? the nh3 pushers better hope it rains before freeze up or there won't be any of that going on again . ground is like cement . canola roots going sideways until they can find a way down