Drought S.A.

[agstar77]

Looks like we are not alone. Not a pretty picture.

[the big wheel]

World famine right around the corner.
Our crops are priced half of what they should be.
If there was another drought here next year.

[foragefarmer]

Agstar, are you getting any of the current rain going towards the Interlake?

[agstar77]

Agstar, are you getting any of the current rain going towards the Interlake?

Yes .5 in so far. Sill raining.

[hedgehog]

Where is S A?

[makar]

South America.

[Guest]

S. Africa too
State of emergency for drought

[agstar77]

So there better be a big crop somewhere next year.

[furrowtickler]

Then the “no frost” event in Australia, well ......

[Guest]

Yep not a market moving frost event at all. May have lost 400,000 t. Drop in the bucket. Not good for those who got hit but remember average yield is barely 25 bu/ac in west Australia. When you think of it many Canadian wheat growers still waste at least ¼ million tonnes every year. Nice wheat trampled and lost in the sprayer tracks during "harvest management".

[SASKFARMER]

astrand I think you're full of shit. Sorry Mate but Frost and my sprayer tracks I have been farming a long time and frost aren't good. Comparing it to what we lose in sprayer tracks is a joke.

[Guest]

I think you're full of shit.

Happy thanksgiving to you too

[SASKFARMER]

No, it was a stupid comment our sprayer tracks equal what they lost in that area. Come on if you really live there you would know what's going on. Comparing our sprayer tracks to what was lost is just stupid.

[furrowtickler]

Mother Nature did harvest management this year in a vast majority of western Canada .
Natural dry down for most of the cereals , swathed the barley here .
Perfect fall to do weed management after harvest
Got a nice premium on the barley for malt for not being sprayed over feed .

[furrowtickler]

Contrary to those that assume , not every acre has sprayer tracks , so assumptions on yield loss can be way over exaggerating at times .

Frost loss can be severe , those of us with years of experience know full well how costly frost events can be .