Is weather market 2018 over?

[MBgrower]

we didn't get any rain here, and soon the crops will start to yellow and dry up, but from looking at various farmer twitter feeds, there are lots claiming awesome crops elsewhere Markets are heading downward until something substantial changes the crop outlook.

[Partners]

It rained enough places to get another bumper crop..
Some not enough..some way to much..the market says tuff nuggies..

[cuban_assassin]

NE sask we have lost 25% of seeded acres due to flooding. Very disappointing. We never were dry here.

[silverback]

It's great that you all got all the rain you were asking for. Congratulations. Unfortunately, there's some areas here in Alberta that have seed stranded in dust after a comically bad, disastrous, disappointing May. Hay crops are as bad as I've ever seen at the beginning of June, and stories of neighbors having to get rid of cows in panic selling.

It's even better to see the markets dropping due to everyone claiming how great the crop is gonna be and outlook for more rain. (I know traders don't need an excuse to tank the market by now). Good luck to those who still need it.

[farmaholic]

Farmers don't have to profess a thing.....this isn't 1930 anymore. The all seeing eye knows....

NDVI
Satellite imagery
Boots on the ground
Tires on the road
Drones in the sky
Planes in the sky
Equipment field data collection and sharing.
Weather stations

I could say nothing about what is happening in my backyard and with all the above technology they have a better handle on the big picture than the little snapshot of my situation.... professed truthfully or deceitfully by myself....it doesn't matter.

[GDR]

It's great that you all got all the rain you were asking for. Congratulations. Unfortunately, there's some areas here in Alberta that have seed stranded in dust after a comically bad, disastrous, disappointing May. Hay crops are as bad as I've ever seen at the beginning of June, and stories of neighbors having to get rid of cows in panic selling.

It's even better to see the markets dropping due to everyone claiming how great the crop is gonna be and outlook for more rain. (I know traders don't need an excuse to tank the market by now). Good luck to those who still need it.

Where you at Silverback? We could use some water around Olds/Didsbury area mostly for hay and grass but sounds like you might be in bigger trouble. May sure was hot and dry by AB standards. Have a few showers moving through this evening, hoping for something substantial.

[Guest]

NE sask we have lost 25% of seeded acres due to flooding. Very disappointing. We never were dry here.

which part of NE are you ?

[seldomseen]

NE sask we have lost 25% of seeded acres due to flooding. Very disappointing. We never were dry here.

My thoughts exactly and showers again tonight that will only make it even more disappointing!

[Guest]

someone said langenberg got 8" rain , anyone know if it's true?

[biglentil]

Seems every neighbour is reseeding canola. Flea beatles +1 canola 0.

[silverback]

East of Calgary. Very spotty so far this year after more snow than there's been in many, many years this winter. Runoff did no good at all.

Eastern guys could do well shipping hay or greenfeed back to some guys around here.?

[bigzee]

Where I live we are talking tenths of rain not inches. Last time I can say there was a true inch was Oct 2016. This yr we have have received 2 inches, biggest amount was 6 tenths. It’s been so variable!! This past wk had 3 tenths at the yard 6 miles north or south 5-8 tenths. Crops are actually looking not bad. Would have been nice to get an inch on everything, but I don’t think that’s going to happen this yr.
There is still some rain needed west of me, things look to be going backwards, as there hasn’t been hardly a drop to speak of.
June is the rain month so hoping for a good shot yet. March had a wk of fog, have it marked on calander rain from June 14-21, let’s hope it hits one of the days.