Oct 28 Harvest report

[SASKFARMER]

Yesterday had a conversation with a city friend of mine who is moving to an acreage. He has grand dreams of building a new shop with solar panels and a roof at the right angle to accommodate this. Then use the solar to generate power to run an in-floor heating system. All this solar will also have his driveway with electric heat to melt the snow.

I said and what happens if we have a two-week blizzard in min 40 in January.

Oh ill still hook up with natural gas because electric heat doesn't heat as well.

Off the friend's list, you can't be that ****ing stupid.

City people believe this bullshit hands down.

[farmaholic]

Or going back to horses, buggies, binders, flails to thresh....if not STOP THE BULLSHIT CULTIST.

Maybe they're rogue members of the Amish community. Enjoying the modern conveniences of the internet.

[walterm]

Yesterday had a conversation with a city friend of mine who is moving to an acreage. He has grand dreams of building a new shop with solar panels and a roof at the right angle to accommodate this. Then use the solar to generate power to run an in-floor heating system. All this solar will also have his driveway with electric heat to melt the snow.

I said and what happens if we have a two-week blizzard in min 40 in January.

Oh ill still hook up with natural gas because electric heat doesn't heat as well.

Off the friend's list, you can't be that ****ing stupid.

City people believe this bullshit hands down.

What is both systems going to cost? Hope he has Nat Gas onsite already that is expensive to run in.

[SASKFARMER]

I just don't get it how ordinary people are falling for this bullshit. Our grandfathers worked like fools to get ahead in this country. The day my grandfather got natural gas, he almost died with delight: no more stinky homes and no more chopping wood or coal.

Now idiots want to take a cold country and turn us all into poor peasants.

Naural gas is cheap; it's clean and its excellent heat.

Ever visit someone's home who has electric baseboard heaters in min 40 temps. You make an excuse to head home because of its cold outside. Reality is its cold inside their home.

Phone family or friends in Europe and ask how they spend their evenings — yep sitting in the living room with a blanket on them and in the dark because electricity is so expensive.

Solar fields look like shit. We have them in Florida. Complete quarter or more of ugly black solar panels where once swamp was or orange trees. Ah, the smell of orange blossoms. Yea solar does jack shit. Even Mickie is cute when you fly in but drive by it and its an eyesore.

In Canada, we have rivers, dam them and create water reserves and power. Oh, it's so bad. **** You, morons, it's great.

Stupid people are running the world its time to take it back.

[SASKFARMER]

Walter like all dreamers in Solar most of the costs he hasn't figured out. He knows he needs backup heat. Solar could run costly in winters. Piss poor heating for home he also knows. Yes, Sask energy charges for hook up, but you think any hook up is cheap?

[chuckChuck]

Yeah it was and is a shitty harvest for many. The stress and worry is dangerous and depressing. All farmers have experienced some sort of issues over their career. Myself included. And it is not fun.

In my farming career we have had all kinds of extreme weather of different types.

Climate scientists have been saying there is a link between extreme weather events and climate change. And we should plan for more extreme weather.

When people start claiming the scientist are all wrong then we have a problem. That is just a lame weak excuse not to do anything.

Agriculture depends on good weather. To ignore what climate scientist are saying about serious changes to the earths climate is just plain foolish. Yes there are some benefits to a longer warmer growing season in a northern prairie climate. But there can also be a lot of losses and disruption.

Farmers have every right to be concerned about climate change and its impacts.

Listen to the scientists.

[bucket]

Yeah it was and is a shitty harvest for many. The stress and worry is dangerous and depressing. All farmers have experienced some sort of issues over their career. Myself included. And it is not fun.

In my farming career we have had all kinds of extreme weather of different types.

Climate scientists have been saying there is a link between extreme weather events and climate change. And we should plan for more extreme weather.

When people start claiming the scientist are all wrong then we have a problem. That is just a lame weak excuse not to do anything.

Agriculture depends on good weather. To ignore what climate scientist are saying about serious changes to the earths climate is just plain foolish. Yes there are some benefits to a longer warmer growing season in a northern prairie climate. But there can also be a lot of losses and disruption.

Farmers have every right to be concerned about climate change and its impacts.

Listen to the scientists.

Yup then why isn't insurance changing along with the scientists advice....guys planted early and had a good start... were no further ahead at the end of the day with harvest....where is the government and grain cos on drying equipment if this is the new normal....why are farmers expected to bear the costs?

No other industry has been burdened with extra costs without government help. ...

AGT was given 117 million to repair the rail line they bought....

Morris Industries are on government money continually. ...

Why can't government look at potential drying sites and move on helping farmers....

[grassfarmer]

Ever visit someone's home who has electric baseboard heaters in min 40 temps. You make an excuse to head home because of its cold outside. Reality is its cold inside their home.

I love our baseboard heaters since moving to MB. Turn the thermostat up and you can be as warm as you want with our cheap power. Much prefer it over the noisy gas furnace cutting in at all hours of the night - the permanent dehydration in winter and the dust everywhere.

[SASKFARMER]

Chuck, I remember back some 40 plus years ago out on Halloween in a Tshirt doing pranks.

A year later, we had a foot of snow, and all met at the sled shack for drinks.

So don't give me this climate is changing bullshit.

It's Canada its cold in winter warm in summer. Some years dry some cold.

**** wake up.

[Hamloc]

Yeah it was and is a shitty harvest for many. The stress and worry is dangerous and depressing. All farmers have experienced some sort of issues over their career. Myself included. And it is not fun.

In my farming career we have had all kinds of extreme weather of different types.

Climate scientists have been saying there is a link between extreme weather events and climate change. And we should plan for more extreme weather.

When people start claiming the scientist are all wrong then we have a problem. That is just a lame weak excuse not to do anything.

Agriculture depends on good weather. To ignore what climate scientist are saying about serious changes to the earths climate is just plain foolish. Yes there are some benefits to a longer warmer growing season in a northern prairie climate. But there can also be a lot of losses and disruption.

Farmers have every right to be concerned about climate change and its impacts.

Listen to the scientists.

I have to admit Chuck I am looking forward "to a longer warmer growing season" because it hasn't happened yet in my neck of the woods. I remember reading back in early October when Manitoba had the big snow storm that the last time they had that much snow was October 7-8 of 1959. When I was a kid 40 years ago we started silaging usually right at the end of July. Driving silage truck was a very hot job as it seemed like it was +30 every day for the 2 weeks we silaged. The last few years I can't get 5 warm days back to back to put up hay! And this is central Alberta. So I am hoping that these longer warmer growing seasons materialize. Enjoy your day.