Friday Crop Report on a Thursday!

[Guest]

Soil temp at noon under the hurricane [ATTACH]4179[/ATTACH]

son of a bitchin wind , day after day . don't know how those southerners do it ?
froze my fingers today , is that go time ?

[jazz]

son of a bitchin wind , day after day . don't know how those southerners do it ?
froze my fingers today , is that go time ?

Most are putting in pulses - they can take colder soils and some near freezing after emergence. Some guys are so big they have to start early.

[Guest]

Woodland, I wouldn't waste time with that calf - been there, done that. It'll do fine on it's mother but when it comes time to graze for a living it'll struggle hopelessly because I bet it only has half the width of pad to chew against that it should have. We butchered ours for hamburger as a yearling but it was a money losing proposition.

Wouldn't say it's "crop friendly" conditions around here. Essentially zero moisture in March and about 2/10ths in April. Scary dry for the time of year. Will need above average rainfall to turn things around this summer. Anyone looking for alternate crops to seed should consider cattle feed as carryover inventories must be record low across a big chunk of the prairies.

I have been wondering about turning one of these leafcutter fields into bales for feed , what do you think? are we to far away ? dehy is another option , probably pay $80-$120 /ac ifn it rains at all ?
does anyone buy standing alfalfa or again are we to far away ?

[SASKFARMER]

MacDon I canceled the message by mistake.

Did read in email

Got info thanks

Pumping water god it’s cold soil will drop tonight.

[oldjim]

I feel depressed this spring. All around me the prices for everything are higher and the crops lower and I have such a small land base that its impossible to spread these cost hits over more acres. I think I will be done soon. Got Monette farms up my ass. Maybe I should walk over there and try to talk to the guy driving air drill number 9.

Cheer up jazz. Monette is the third flip on this land since locals sold out back in 2003 or so. Give it a couple more years and the Saudis will buy it all up like they're doing in Western Australia. Look at the bright side, they keep driving land prices up so a guy can retire in style. Saw one parcel go for $3,900 per acre this spring. I quit looking over the fence decades ago. If you wonder how they do it, they probably aren't.

[farmaholic]

For ****'s sake SF3.... is that your "apocalypse" soil thermometer? "Sterilze"....really?

I suggest If you want to be a modern hair splitting farmer you better get a soil thermometer with a scale of smaller increments!

How else will you know when it's the "perfect" soil temperature to start seeding! That thing is no better.than sitting on the ground bare assed and saying "yup, it's ready to go".

[fjlip]

"sitting on the ground bare assed", supposed to be a woman's test, right?

[jazz]

Peashooter is ready to go. In my next career I will custom seed for guys who cant get their 70 ft air drills into tight spots.

[farmaholic]

"sitting on the ground bare assed", supposed to be a woman's test, right?

Well, if men do it and their nuts touch the ground its warm enough to seed. I hope you can understand the test, I don't draw very well.

[iceman]

Cheer up jazz. Monette is the third flip on this land since locals sold out back in 2003 or so. Give it a couple more years and the Saudis will buy it all up like they're doing in Western Australia. Look at the bright side, they keep driving land prices up so a guy can retire in style. Saw one parcel go for $3,900 per acre this spring. I quit looking over the fence decades ago. If you wonder how they do it, they probably aren't.

How did that ever turn out for the fellas who were crop sharing that stuff?