Could we be done?

[bigzee]

One additional comment. We had 6 tenths in July 9, nothing from then on. If it would have rained a couple inches in July how many more acres more would a person have out?
I feel bad for the guys in the north and Alberta.
We have been fortunate here with only 3 inches snow last wk, and 1.5 inches rain in the last month. Snow is gone, just can’t get a couple nice days back to back.
If things don’t change in the most couple wks I may start swathing what I have left. I’m not concieding defeat, would rather have it on swath then flat come spring.

[helmsdale]

Only way we could be done by now is if we took tough immature grain in August and early September. Smoke held back maturity by 2-3 weeks or more. 135-140 days to get wheat to maturity around here is unheard of.

If taken more than I would ever liked o have taken of tough, finally matured grain over the last 3 weeks or so, and it looks like the rest is going to have to come tough as well.

Was out two days ago and the crop is laying down on ground that is absolutely soaked. Combine tires are balls of mud, trucks are squirming around in the field. And fresh snow is on the ground as of this morning, with more in the forecast for Friday.

Long range gives us a week of warmer dryer weather starting Saturday, then off and on garbage until the new year.

My patience is nearly gone.

[fjlip]

Different? Good question...Took 9 days to seed, 15 swathing days, 39 days since started combining?

2017 All combining was in Sept, 6-30.

It's just SHITTY weather, happened many times in my 50 years, long drawn out harvests!

[farmaholic]

farmaholic.

Is it true that Enbridge cut you an entry fee cheque of $60,000.00/quarter? What were the terms for the corridor?

Something like that checking but a little more complicated...
Easement
Temporary work space
Extended(years) crop loss
Fertilizer allowance
Etc
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[farmaholic]

Different? Good question...Took 9 days to seed, 15 swathing days, 39 days since started combining?

2017 All combining was in Sept, 6-30.

It's just SHITTY weather, happened many times in my 50 years, long drawn out harvests!

Fj... Over sixty days since the combines hit the fields in the Slum of the Ghetto. This is getting old.

[grassfarmer]

Goldrush in the slum of the ghetto lol.

[checking]

Farmaholic.

Are you satisfied with the Enbridge reclamation work? Suspect if it is "slum" land then it does not have that twelve feet of topsoil to play with on the plains. Only ghetto homes destroyed were gopher inhabitants!(ha!)
Did you hear if any of the corridor providers gave Enbridge the right for it to do what it needed to install, repair, protect their line, but refused to enter into an easement with them?

[biglentil]

Farmaholic.

Are you satisfied with the Enbridge reclamation work? Suspect if it is "slum" land then it does not have that twelve feet of topsoil to play with on the plains. Only ghetto homes destroyed were gopher inhabitants!(ha!)
Did you hear if any of the corridor providers gave Enbridge the right for it to do what it needed to install, repair, protect their line, but refused to enter into an easement with them?

They are not done yet, I hope they get it closed up this fall thats their goal.

[farmaholic]

They are not done yet, I hope they get it closed up this fall thats their goal.

Yes closed up is their goal but I don't think the topsoil will be put back in place this year anymore.

Checking, there is definitely an affect from the construction. Usually harder and drier.... first place snow melts off and always seems harder and drier. And no, the Slum of the Ghetto measures topsoil in inches(don't ask about eroded knolls)... not feet!

[WiltonRanch]

Yes closed up is their goal but I don't think the topsoil will be put back in place this year anymore.

Checking, there is definitely an affect from the construction. Usually harder and drier.... first place snow melts off and always seems harder and drier. And no, the Slum of the Ghetto measures topsoil in inches(don't ask about eroded knolls)... not feet!

Agree with you on that. Any time as much as a fuel gas tie in from well to well it’s a years long thing before the land gets back to normal but it comes back. Clay soil is finicky that way. Honestly I hate pipelines cause they only pay once and they’re a pain in the ass for a generation or two. An oil lease what you see is what you get and you’re paid yearly. Pipelines you’re paid once and you live with the liability and inconvenience of not being able to build or dig close to them. Come to my place and try digging a hole for rocks. Even a deep post hole. Not blaming oil companies but utilities as well. Phone lines were plowed in with a 44 massey. And they went anywhere they damn well pleased. Lines have been cut so many times cause no one knows where half of them are. I’ll give credit to Husky for making an effort to properly abandon all the old flow lines. They’ve been unused for 30 years and no threat but are still considered a pipeline until properly decommissioned.