Heat units ??

[farming101]

This seems sorta phucky.....pretty big difference between here and NB. Err did i do something wrong?

Set the base temperature to 5C. Should be right then.

[jazz]

The long range into the peak of summer is not showing a single day over 27 deg here.

I rememember cooking at 38 deg in 1988 about this time and the crops written off and being baled.

[macdon02]

So it's counting all the time under 5C if not set accordingly? Cuz that's a really big variance and yes nothing grows under 5C but it's really cooking the data....

[farming101]

I have no idea why you can choose any base temp you want?

The standard for Western Canada is 5C. I think years ago wheat used to have a base temp of 42F

[farming101]

The long range into the peak of summer is not showing a single day over 27 deg here.

I rememember cooking at 38 deg in 1988 about this time and the crops written off and being baled.

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some of the models are even cooler than that. You might be right. Behind now and stay behind. Having said that, we are waaayyyy ahead of last year

[farming101]

More evidence it is getting hotter and hotter. NOT

[woodland]

76% of normal here. I doubt we’ll catch up anytime soon

[AlbertaFarmer5]

I don't want to play this game anymore, this is just depressing to see how far behind we are, and how low we are at the best of times. Tried to upload an image, and it just doesn't.

Station to my south indicates we are at 284 vs average of 408 CHU. 69% of average. Just looked at some charts of CHU, GDD, frost free days, growing season length for 3 different local stations. All of them peaked in late 1990's, and have been in decline ever since.

Most of us (cold region) farmers are already resigned to the fact that the good times are over, and we need to adapt to shorter colder growing seasons for many years yet. Any guesses when Chuck and the political class take the hint? I'm guessing that when that happens, it is probably time to start planning for the next upswing.

Edit, and I thought we had it bad, I just looked up Red Deer:
Current: 16.38 Year AVG: 309.308333335

Which does cast some doubt on the veracity of the rest of the numbers. Although East of Red Deer has a frost warning tonight. We do to, forecast of +2. Record low today is -3 in 2016 here.

[furrowtickler]

I would guess that that majority of stations in Sask , Alberta and even Manitoba will average close to 20% below average . We are 18%
Real time Data ....... trumps scientific studies lol
Boots on ground as Rick Lagina says

[jazz]

The canola seems to be at least two weeks ahead of last year, but we took that crop off in late Oct, early Nov. and it wasnt even 100% ready then. Heat and gly took almost a month to work at that time of the year.

And it sure seems these newer invigour hybrids are slow to get out and get going.

But thats not the only crop. There are guys with chicks that arent higher than an inch or two. Watched some of those harvested in November too.