Saskfarmer3

[AlbertaFarmer5]

GDR, you took the words right out of my mouth(keyboard).

SF3, somehow, both of us, although farming in the hardest place in the world managed to escape to Hawaii for vacation, and I don't begrudge anyone for doing so. What I noticed while there was a lot of other Canadian farmers, and US farmers, and retired farmers from the same places. What I didn't see was any farmers from Bangladesh, Nicaragua, Afghanistan, Sudan, Congo, Bolivia, Syria or any of the other Gardens of Eden (when compared to western Canada) vacationing in Hawaii. Not sure why that would be, perhaps they are staying at more upscale places compared to what we could afford, coming from such a disadvantage?

[mustardman]

Saskfarmers Problems are what's known as "First World Problems"
Crying that your ice cream is too cold , bout the same

[SASKFARMER3]

Again boys the chance of getting a crop in canada and a great payday is tough. Sad very few farmers from any where in the world win at the game all have same problem.

Ever see a home of our supplier in any of these places.

Yea third world problems.

[farmaholic]

http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/cycp-cpcj/bull-inti/index-eng.htm CLICK HERE FOR HELP SF3

[sumdumguy]

Farmaholic, I went there too.

[farmaholic]

Geez....I was joking, didn't intend to make a thread killing post.

SF3 craves and thrives on criticism! It gives him a higher high than OxyContin... makes him euphoric, 10 feet tall and bullet proof, but not weather proof! ....quit feeding the beast!

[grassfarmer]

Geez....I was joking, didn't intend to make a thread killing post.

SF3 craves and thrives on criticism! It gives him a higher high than OxyContin... makes him euphoric, 10 feet tall and bullet proof, but not weather proof! ....quit feeding the beast!

An uncharacteristic spelling mistake from you there farma - it's spelt a-t-t-e-n-t-i-o-n not c-r-i-t-i-c-i-s-m.

[farmaholic]

Nothing like some sarcastic goading to stimulate the discussion....

[Crestliner]

Thank you AlbertaFarmer5 and GDR for a well thought out essay on the many many benefits we have farming in Western Canada. You have covered all the bases and I share your view and optimism for our industry. The things that are not perfect in Ag will and have been evolving. It was just a little over 12 years ago when I had to steer all our equipment and now it is easy...just a small example of progress. I used a helicopter to spray fungicide the other day...amazing work and results. 10 years ago that wasn’t available. Today just about every plane runs a jet turbine....10 years ago not so much....will be interesting to see where we are in the next 10. 10 years ago I was buried in debt...now almost out of debt...we have had a good run and I am really thankful for that. Each has a different experience and I appreciate the viewpoint of all who take the time to write in.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

I know we’re you were in Hawaii and really the ag on that area were the flow is entering the ocean isn’t prime farm land. But yea I get your point.

Not much large scale farming happening there, some orchards and gardens mostly. Probably because it is not the easiest place in the world to farm, rains almost daily, the lava is so young there is almost no topsoil yet, and there is a constant threat of new eruptions.

My point is we have no second chances in canada somethingg goes wrong it’s next year country.

Actually, we have a lot of second chances, just maybe not something that we can harvest with a combine, in fact, you would have even more second chances than I get, here in the shortest growing season possible. We can seed up to late July and still get a huge crop for swath grazing, same applies if you have been hailed out or flooded out. In 2014, after hail took nearly everything in early August, then frost ruined any chance of combining the regrowth, we baled most of it, sold it for good prices, fed the rest to our own cows so we could sell all our hay for even better prices, and left some for swath grazing during winter. The two years before that hail in end of July/early August and crops regrew completely and we harvested average crops.

Yea the hail does piss a guy off but that’s farming.

Hail is heart breaking, partly because there nothing you can do about it but helplessly watch, and it is so arbitrary where it hits. An entire years work gone in minutes. This is one time when some cows are good therapy, after surveying the damage from hail, go check cows, at least they survived.

[SASKFARMER3]

Alberta no one in his right mind is trying to farm on the lava field in Hawaii.

Yes I get your point but Canadian ag is short season cool climate and yes only one chance. Go check your cows after ten years of drought and they could have problems.

I’m just saying Mother Nature rules the roost in a short season growing area.

And she can be a real bitch.

Good luck in your part of the world.

[sumdumguy]

Oh, the madness of trying to farm in the Palliser Triangle! Don’t want to be Donny Downer but just thought I’d mention that the price of wheat is about a buck and a half lower than it was in 1974 and a gallon of gas has gone from 16 cents to $6.00 in that time. Are we having fun?