A test for seed drills ....

[furrowtickler]

This should be interesting watching the crop come up from different drills. I use an old 5710 that has served me well and there are Seedhawks, Seedmasters, 3310s and 3320s all around me. I will watch them all and try to see if any standout above my old 5710 and this year should be the year, with no rain at all and lots of wind.

Time will tell

[furrowtickler]

Planted on the 13th with the Horsch
Had decent moisture at time , very dry since .


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[Ronski]

I may have to dust off the trading account and buy some call options. Either that or close
it out and buy beer.

[biglentil]

we've had both , neither are any fun. i don't know how scic can hold you to that establishment thing if its to dry to grow . all risk???????? isn't it ?????

Agreed its a bunch of silliness. The test should be if a majority of the seeds have sprouted. They are welcome to flip over the clay bricks and see the sprouts coming out of expensive blue seeds for themselves. Seeded 1.0 inch deep into moisture, deeper than typical because the moisture seems so fleeting. Maybe should have rolled right behind, but that gets deep for Canola. And would be deeper yet if the rain they were calling for would have materialized.

[farmaholic]

I don't care if you planted the canola by hand! When you get hot, LOW humidity, and that relentless bitch of a ***** wind.....what wouldn't dry out. I haven't looked at ours since the day we pulled off the fields.....I can't muster the courage to go look and I don't want to be mad.....wouldn't it be nice if it didn't matter????? Just keep asking yourself that question with what ever farm weather dilemma you're dealing with.

Look, I did my part. Crawling around seeding at 3.5-3.8 miles per hour, crawling around on hand and knees checking and re-checking seeding depth. Proper air delivery speeds. Pressing it onto and into moist soil. Increasing packing pressure to ensure good seed to moist soil contact. Starter fert in the two inch seed row, the rest placed midrow. Treated with Lumiderm. What more can I do....besides pay the ****ing bills and hope Mother Nurture co-operates and gives me a chance.

Yesterday I talked to a guy who must still be optimistic....seeded canola on flax stubble beside us. That last quarter we were holding back finishing seeding got seeded to wheat, it was supposed to be flax but we only got .13 of an inch of rain the last shot.

Lol...talk about optimistic! A guy here is direct seeding canola into a fifteen year old grass field....OMG is all I can say! I'm hoping he changes his mind after one drill pass....it must be completely devoid of moisture. To each their own.

Maybe anything that disturbs the soil the least will be the best. Disc seeders and planters. I even question the midrow bander and the soil fracturing it is causing and making it potentially easier to dry out the seed bed. I don't know if everyone realizes how dire the situation is in some parts of Western Canada. We are not sitting on an abundance of soil moisture to wick up and keep the seed rows moist.

Our next chance at precip in my neck of the woods is towards the end of next week....looks like another lottery. For those lucky enough to have adequate to abundant moisture to get canola established....be greatful.

This isn't fun anymore.

Edit, next week means the end of this week I guess.... today is Sunday.

[Oliver88]

Looking very grim... very possible that there wont be a canola crop at all in our area. But too wet I lose a few acres because they are unseedable the rest runs 70+ waaaaa waaaa waaa. Some guys dont have a ****in sniff.

70+ bpa......LOL. Thanks for the comic relief regarding seeding Canola in the mud and cat tails.

[hobbyfrmr]

My neighbor went out spread fertilizer and seeded with discers. ...my guess he nets more than the rest of us.

Your neighbor doesnt sound very progressive. What ddi he seed? Obviously not the best genetics in canola. Nothing really profits other than canola. He should rent out for $80.00-$149.00/ acre . Why does he waste his time farming his own land he owns with primitive farm equipment he owns?
The next good rain will turn things around and properly placed good genetics canola
Seed will still go 60 bu/ac

[bucket]

Your neighbor doesnt sound very progressive. What ddi he seed? Obviously not the best genetics in canola. Nothing really profits other than canola. He should rent out for $80.00-$149.00/ acre . Why does he waste his time farming his own land he owns with primitive farm equipment he owns?
The next good rain will turn things around and properly placed good genetics canola
Seed will still go 60 bu/ac

And when is the next good rain.??????


That older equipment is what built the farms that allowed the youngings to go buy million dollar seeding equipment. ...

[SASKFARMER3]

Bourg with foot spacing seeded on last Tuesday.

Ok enough with the mine is better than your bullshit. We have one guy with a Flexifoil 5000 and I bet he is just as good as our new one.

But it will be interesting on the establishment and did the Seed Hawks and seed master has fertilizer burn with Ammonia.

Ok, next rain event maybe Thursday. HAHAHA That was a funny laugh.

Seeding in to wet.

Seed 1000 acres canola it comes up you think F#$K I got this and put in for 1000 acres with Sask Crop insurance.

Rains and rains and then you get the ultimate three-day rain that dumps up to 75 to 100 mm.

Your crop and water have nowhere to go.

harvest yes maybe 680 at 43.3 because some are 20 some is 70 and some are 40. Presto your guarantee at 70% coverage goes down each year from what it was and you just grow exactly what your suppose to so No Check for you.

Now we have dry areas of sask with more coverage than the traditional Canola area thanks to the 10-year average Bullshit.

Yea great Money making system.

[farming101]

And when is the next good rain.??????

Next month?
Some forecasters are seeing beneficial(half inch) rains for 20% of SK with bias to the eastern areas of the province before month's end.

This is kind of like a 1988 lite. Not as hot but still