Friday Crop Report on a Thursday! Its Back

[bucket]

A liberal lawyer vs the NDP and Saskparty supporters....


I think Merchant has this one in the bag.

[Guest]

Your Dad was right. Machinery is a heartless b####.
Went for drive in one field yesterday. Drier than i thought.
Could start Mon if the bloody transmission back in my Stieger.
SE Edmonton 90miles. No rain at all. Warm and windy.
Hired man already giving me a headache.
Decided this week that seeding is one more thing i wont miss.

I wished i could find a hired man

[Guest]

Seeding east of tisdale , nipawin i think
Could go here but maybe wait for ground to warm , the water is gone , gone , gone
Sure must be some dry old ground under here. Have never seen water dissapear like that
SF3. Thats the reason 20-25 year old 9270 case and 8770 JD 4wd’s are fetching $100k at auctions . No one can keep all this fancy shit running
Cant believe some equip manufacturer has jumped on this opportunity to buld a simple reliable machine again?
Someone really needs to push the reset button soon

[blackpowder]

I feel your pain caseih.
A hand is better than being alone.
But sometimes at what cost
Adding wages and repair bills has me thinking of a change.

Hopefully seeding wed at the latest. Waiting on seed and tractor bahaha.
VT going on weekend on ruts

[Braveheart]

Some farmers here will finish wheat tomorrow. Some just started and some won't turn a wheel till next week. Variable moisture last fall and differing tillage practices.
We have a good start with a new drill. Soil temp at seed depth yesterday didn't get over 5.5C. Moisture adequate as our fields are no till. Protill guys getting dusty.
Our cows are out in stockpiled pastures. Lots of material. Many cows are out in already overgrazed pastures. Lots of people here have a wreck coming.

[fjlip]

"Oh, the second Bitch is read your warranty or extended warranty because I have one HAlf a million dollar paperweight sitting in the Yard. Thanks, Deere seems the Computer that is needed to run the tractor and control the tractor and send Mother Corp all your information Froze up. They never saw it before but it happened. You cant reboot because its hard wired in so you try and try different shit that costs over and over and over. Yea its still sitting the big paperweight and I know one thing it's going to cost me about half what the payment is to fix a two-year-old tractor. I know why my Dad always called machinery Junk because you pay a fortune for it use it a bit and then its thrown away."

You are so right on, we have a tandem that wants to push me to retire. 4 techs have tried and NO WAY will it run other than derated. Everyone tries something because "the ECM rarely fails," Well it looks like nothing left to try, nobody ever saw the error code in the dash before, can't even google the code on earth! Paper weight, hope it runs for harvest!

Engine fan fell of 9870, destroyed engine compartment tune of $18000, oh it never happened around here, Deere area Tech says very rare, but now after 3 more locally, everybody checking bearing play every day, major item in Greenlites. Rebuild them often just like Deere's wonderful water pumps, now combine final drives failing and fan drives sheaves on 4WD's.

[farmaholic]

Went to bed knowing we were starting seeding today, woke up stiffer than usual.

;-)

[SASKFARMER3]

Got the beast running took it out to turn total wipe original software and reboot. Works fine never seen it before.

Just a heads up I’m pimping water today and with hipwaiters only sink 4 to 6 in and frost hm that would explain why no sloughs dropped yet

[furrowtickler]

The odd drill seeding in this area now on lighter land . Looks like May 7 ish for most here .
Ground temp 3-4c at 7 am , 8c by noon , 10-11 by 5 ish.
Water seems field specific. Some cracks starting to show in gumbo fields.
Still snowbacks on some fence lines and NE side of trees.
A few volunteers just staring to show but for the most part no weeds . By the weekend the new flush might be out .
Should be normal start up time for most.
Will need rain by the 20-25th for any seeding past that time .

[sumdumguy]

Got the beast running took it out to turn total wipe original software and reboot. Works fine never seen it before.

Just a heads up I’m pimping water today and with hipwaiters only sink 4 to 6 in and frost hm that would explain why no sloughs dropped yet

“Pimping” water SF3, that should be interesting. 😂