Nicest September I have ever experienced.

[Sheepwheat]

Can’t believe how beautiful this month has been. Never been able to get so much done so early. And late. Haying just finished up, no frost yet, so a real extended season for once.

But now it can rain, hey?

[mcfarms]

That's what I thought of last fall and look at how well that turned out for us all.

[SASKFARMER]

Sept was excellent went every day and finished harvest for the first time this early since 2001.

We need good rain in October. Maybe next week late.

[farming101]

Precipitation a possibility for some parts from the 8th onward. No agreement yet. Expect big changes either way to forecasts going forward

[agstar77]

I hope you are right.

[chuckChuck]

Its great to have good weather for harvest and get it in the bin early. But the warm/hot dry pattern we have experienced since last summer seems entrenched. The likelyhood that we get significant amounts of fall rains to overcome at least a portion of the rain deficit is getting less likely as time passes.

Snow fall will only make up a small portion of the deficit at best. Things can change fast but it looks like we are setting up for another year of reduced soil moisture reserves and a higher chance that any dry spells next year will result in less than a normal crop.

Daniel Betze who writes about weather calculated that over the last 10 years Winnipeg and area has had on average a 100mm per year precipitation deficit. That is a full metre below average over 10 years.

[Guest]

Yea chuck
Because this has never happened before **

[chuckChuck]

There was a lot of records broken this year so you are right this has never happened before.

[TSIPP]

Hundred and fifty year old broken records aren’t a blink of an eye in the grand scheme of things.

[agstar77]

They may not be nut if this continues for another year our just in time food chain is done.