Wx / Drought

[jazz]

From what I have seen this week, its not canola we have to worry about. We might be putting a final nail in the lentil market once and for all. Never have I seen so many rollers going day and night. Half the acres look to be pulses of some sort here south of Regina. We only have one country for that market too. What are we doing here?

[grassfarmer]

You guys....just stop and think for a second then ask yourself, "wouldn't it be nice if it didn't matter"?

Let that reverberate in your cranium for a while.

I'm sure it rattles around in many of our brains many days - the option to quit. It's easier to just keep on doing what we always do though.
Irritates the heck out of me listening to the radio when the hosts are saying how "lucky" we are to be getting these cool northerly winds as it's keeping the "icky" weather south of the border on this long weekend. So, so awfully important that the majority of society don't have to experience the inconvenience of a rain while they are on holiday - meanwhile the sector of society that grows their food works through the long weekend just desperate for that essential moisture. What a disconnect in society.

[jazz]

I, so awfully important that the majority of society don't have to experience the inconvenience of a rain while they are on holiday

Maybe society needs to experience the inconvenience of a few days of hunger.

Some weird things have happening in my neck of the woods this yr. A few guys who were grabbing a lot of rented land the past 5 yrs or so, dropped it and let some new BTOs take it over. They dropped it before the canola disaster so its almost like they had a 6th sense or something was up. They are back near their yards and look happy as clams. However, some new players came in and bought a lot of high priced stuff, rented a lot more probably for $100 plus to get it out of someone's hands. Guys new to the area and some new to Canada. Maybe they are well funded but they have got to be a little concerned.

[farmaholic]

Farma it don't matter for those with crap insurance !

sask crop insurance says it all gos 50 bu to thee acre even in a drought !

50 x 10 still 500 hun an acre ! Giver er !

Oh we're givin-er alright.

I'm competeing with SF3'$ fertilizer rates but in the Ghetto only get two thirds to three quarters of what his crops yield in the Garden of Eden. His canola seed and fertilizer have higher rates of return than mine do...Ghettonomics.

I'm all in.

I won't "lose" any money farming this year because I know exactly were I spent it.

p.s., someone tell Smother Nurture to turn the fan off!

[Guest]

I'm sure it rattles around in many of our brains many days - the option to quit. It's easier to just keep on doing what we always do though.
Irritates the heck out of me listening to the radio when the hosts are saying how "lucky" we are to be getting these cool northerly winds as it's keeping the "icky" weather south of the border on this long weekend. So, so awfully important that the majority of society don't have to experience the inconvenience of a rain while they are on holiday - meanwhile the sector of society that grows their food works through the long weekend just desperate for that essential moisture. What a disconnect in society.

thats always pissed me off , i even phoned the local radio station and asked him if he knew how dry it was. that was a few years back and it was july long , fires all over .rain was in the forecast and he was whining on the radio it was gonna wreck his long weekend .i explained the errors of his ways to him.some people don't have a clue . first rain we got that year was july 20th

[Guest]

Oh we're givin-er alright.

I'm competeing with SF3'$ fertilizer rates but in the Ghetto only get two thirds to three quarters of what his crops yield in the Garden of Eden. His canola seed and fertilizer have higher rates of return than mine do...Ghettonomics.

I'm all in.

I won't "lose" any money farming this year because I know exactly were I spent it.

p.s., someone tell Smother Nurture to turn the fan off!

it was brutal wind here again , blowing right of the icebergs

[the big wheel]

Load up them inputs the bigger the expense the higher the agrimiserability payment.
Can’t lose boys and girls all the politicians that wrecked the program say it’s the way of the land!!!
Even those in the ghetto collecting big.
Banker phones in the fall say hey relax buddy da checks in da mail man!!!!

[farmaholic]

No Crap Insurance, little chance of collecting Agrimiserability, AngryInvest is pocket change.....feels like we're going it alone in the Ghetto. And we basically are.

[Horse]

Little over 1.5 inches here since snow gone,so we are in fair condition for now,but it could warm up a whole bunch.
Am relying on moisture deficency ins this yr as it looks bad later on,do you in sask have moisture defecency ins or just all risk ?
I perfer this as they look in rain gague and if short they pay ,if not life is good also,no checking bins looking at your past records ect.

[grassfarmer]

Yeah, but what do they use for local weather measuring sites Horse? Seem to recall that program was very unpopular when it was first introduced because it often didn't reflect the moisture that fell on your land.

[Horse]

Yeah, but what do they use for local weather measuring sites Horse? Seem to recall that program was very unpopular when it was first introduced because it often didn't reflect the moisture that fell on your land.

Its got a lot better with many weather sites to pick from now,you can find one close to your farm. They used to put them along the rivers and on prevaling wind routes on the end of lakes but now better.
The way things are looking it seems like a good bet this yr,but a good storm and you get nada,better gamble than putting in crop.

[woodland]

Its got a lot better with many weather sites to pick from now,you can find one close to your farm. They used to put them along the rivers and on prevaling wind routes on the end of lakes but now better.
The way things are looking it seems like a good bet this yr,but a good storm and you get nada,better gamble than putting in crop.

The weather aspect of it is probably as good as they can easily do it. The issue I have is when a payout is triggered from drought it isn’t near enough to offset the loss of feed since the value of that missing feed is higher than you’re covered for. As long you don’t really rely on it then it’s great. I consider it my gambling money without going to a casino (only been there once anyway)

[iceman]

Greenfeed would be a lot easier on the combine....

Cowboys will be licking their lips at a sub 30 bpa crop when the grain guys realize they are not making money after they look at their input bill....

I will burn the bitch before I try dealing with a rancher again.

Beyond beef for iceman

[woodland]

I will burn the bitch before I try dealing with a rancher again.

Beyond beef for iceman

Don’t paint us all with the same brush.

Must’ve really had a bad experience to switch over to protein isolate, soy, sodium laced “discs” instead of natural protein.

To each his own.... Bon appetite

[woodland]

I will burn the bitch before I try dealing with a rancher again.

Beyond beef for iceman

Don’t paint us all with the same brush.

Must’ve really had a bad experience to switch over to protein isolate, soy, sodium laced “discs” instead of natural protein.

To each his own.... Bon appetite