Friday Crop Report on a Thursday.

[jamesb]

Regarding the Saskatoon farm show, I went and it sure was nice to get out. I had a chance to do some business with some exhibitors face to face and it sure beats doing it over the phone. There is something to be said to see acquaintances for the first time in a couple years. Didn't mind shaking their hand either. There was lots of sanitizer dispensers and everyone was masked. Took a quick test before and after going. Its a pretty easy thing to do. There was several companies that did pull out but the majority were there. The Minot ag expo is on the end of the month and I'm hoping to get there too.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Did you just post that Chuck or is that a paste from about 3 mo ago?

Nobody but you is singing that old tune.

Sounds like he just picked up where he left off back when he was the king of Covid posts.

Because the science is settled, and everything worth knowing is already known, nothing has changed since then of course.

[SASKFARMER]

Loading grain. 15min then 15 min to town then one hour sitting repeat.

Chuck it’s math in this example.

[shtferbrains]

Lots of people missing and waiting on elective surgery and suffering . Hospital beds are very busy with covid patients. The majority of which are still unvaccinated.

The burden of covid illness is causing disruption in most countries with a prediction that almost everyone will be infected in the coming months which will cause continuing disruption.

I don't care if you want to stay unvaccinated and take care of yourself at home, but when your bad decisions cause other people to be denied healthcare to those who have acted responsibly, then you have gone to far.

Effectively you are taking away other peoples freedom and access to timely healthcare.

I apologize for filling what is usually a good thread with covid crap.

This came from Global news last summer;

Admissions to intensive care units, nevertheless, were lower by 22 per cent during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic from March 2020 to June 2020, as compared to 2019.

Three-quarters of patients visiting hospitals with COVID-19 infections, “actually went home,” Hunt said, “and of the remainder, only 20 per cent or so would actually get a hospitalization.”
While fewer people were taken into intensive care units for cardiac conditions, strokes or pneumonia, there was a notable spike of 41 per cent “in the number of non-surgical emergency admissions for major respiratory conditions, mostly COVID-19 patients,” according to a report on the CIHI website.
Cases with major respiratory conditions requiring ventilation, including many with COVID-19,” rose by 129 per cent in April, but in totality, “17 per cent fewer people required ventilation” during the first wave compared with March to June 2019, the report said.
However, emergency department (ED) visits decreased considerably in Canada from February 2020 to June 2020.

While participating jurisdictions reported more than 85,400 ED visits for COVID-19 from January to November 2020, regular ED footfall dropped to their “lowest point in April,” when compared to 2019, the report on the CIHI website further cited.
Less urgent and non-urgent visits decreased the most, by about 50 per cent, followed by urgent and emergent visits, at just more than 40 per cent. Visits that involved resuscitation decreased the least, by around 30 per cent. All levels increased in June but remained about 20 per cent below normal compared with the previous year,” the report said.


So basicly comparing how busy the hospitals were compared to 2019 pre covid.
You might have to read it twice as I found it unbelievable first time thru.

The article wasn't meant to expose anything. This was just kind of tacked on the end of a thing about increased hospital costs due to covid.

[Herc]

Whats capacity of the blue u-trough? Must be pushing 130-140 bu/min?

[SASKFARMER]

It’s great but this one is a demo ours is built but missing parts at Brandt.

If you buy get low profile option way better and more bins you can use it on.

U trough fastest
Conveyor next
10 In next

[woodland]

This week is definitely not going according to plan here…………


The critters are all doing good at least. Our youngest daughter was feeling rough earlier this week and graciously shared it with my wife and I. My wife picked up some rapid covid tests while she was in town the other day. She tested herself and our daughter and both were positive. I’ll assume I got it too since I’m in rougher shape than my wife. Running a fever with a dry cough and headache and scratchy eyeballs. Kinda like a regular cold/flu without the congestion. The other kids are skipping school for this week and our son is quite happy about that. Hanging out in the house with a bunch of sick people is highly overrated. 😉

The rest of the crew brought in the herd of bred heifers and calves and split them yesterday. Three hours to split 900 head yesterday so they are doing real good even being short handed. Today they’re going to try out the new ultrasound machine and my oldest is quite disappointed that she’s not there to help…… as am I.

Hopefully we can get healed up and back to normal soonish. We really wanted to take the kids away to a hotel and spend some time with them for a couple days. I guess this will have to do for now😎

Kinda an in-house experiment here now. So far my wife and I are double vaxxed and sick. 1 out of 4 kids are sick and they’ve had no shots. Social distancing not possible or even attempted with little kids.

P.S. The warm weather is amazing after all the cold and snow. 🍀

[TOM4CWB]

Couldn't have put it any better Sheepwheat.


We had a neighbor who was a farmer , a good one at that , had a degree from university , book smart like no other. Common sense(lack of) at times would makes you want to cry your eyes out in amazement. However , putting that aside he was a great neighbor , and he is missed .

As far as over educated VS undereducated people , I think what our dear friend Chuck doesn't get is the fact that we have a country FULL of people who don't have a god damn clue as to where their food comes from , who grows it , who does all of the hard work to get it to market , and think that the CBC and CTV are telling them the gospel truth about everything every single f###ng day!

Along with that statement is the fact we have ONE province who has elected and re-elected one of the most ill equipped leaders and his "gender neutral" band of fools who don't know ( or don't really care?) about the fact that they are strangling to death the sectors of this country that are actually paying the bills. That entire Liberal cabinet has people with varying degrees , or diplomas and degrees , and they screw shit up every day , day in day out , and nobody for some mysterious reason seems to be upset out in Ontario for how stupid Justin and his clowns are?

Bottom line: Just because you have more degrees than a thermometer doesn't mean you are educated and smarter than everybody else in the room.

Maybe if this country was run with some "dirt farmers arithmetic " we would have a country we are proud of , instead of ashamed of.

ChuckC a well understood saying;…
Know what a PHD is?
Piled High and Deep…

Education with out common sense practical application… is

Academic vegetation …It is fit for a cold nights trip to the recycling heater stove of life to warm the souls of people who are not hypnotized by greed and pride!

Cheers

[helmsdale]

Here we go again, lets bash all the non rural Canadians who are educated who also have common sense.

Also let's lump all Millennials into one group as well.


Thanks SK and Sheep, your positive posts should pay dividends on non farmer views of Agriculture.

Reluctant Millennial here... Just busting my ass every damned day trying to eek out a meager living for my family.

Perhaps I'm an exception to the rule, but regardless, if you really want to pin millennials on someone... What were their parents up to while this entire generation supposedly went off the commie deep end?

[AlbertaFarmer5]

What were their parents up to while this entire generation supposedly went off the commie deep end?

I suspect that a lot of them were also too busy busting their tails trying to provide for their family, to notice that they were sending their kids to be exposed to relentless socialist propaganda at school and University and in the TV shows and movies they watch.

[Guest]

Couldn't have put it any better Sheepwheat.


We had a neighbor who was a farmer , a good one at that , had a degree from university , book smart like no other. Common sense(lack of) at times would makes you want to cry your eyes out in amazement. However , putting that aside he was a great neighbor , and he is missed .

As far as over educated VS undereducated people , I think what our dear friend Chuck doesn't get is the fact that we have a country FULL of people who don't have a god damn clue as to where their food comes from , who grows it , who does all of the hard work to get it to market , and think that the CBC and CTV are telling them the gospel truth about everything every single f###ng day!

Along with that statement is the fact we have ONE province who has elected and re-elected one of the most ill equipped leaders and his "gender neutral" band of fools who don't know ( or don't really care?) about the fact that they are strangling to death the sectors of this country that are actually paying the bills. That entire Liberal cabinet has people with varying degrees , or diplomas and degrees , and they screw shit up every day , day in day out , and nobody for some mysterious reason seems to be upset out in Ontario for how stupid Justin and his clowns are?

Bottom line: Just because you have more degrees than a thermometer doesn't mean you are educated and smarter than everybody else in the room.

Maybe if this country was run with some "dirt farmers arithmetic " we would have a country we are proud of , instead of ashamed of.

Post of the month right there
Read it

[SASKFARMER]

That’s the sad point they worked there ass off for junior to get ahead only to be taught what some left.

Sad really

If the chucks of the world ruled the world I would be have been shot along time ago and everything taken away.