Friday Crop Report on a Thursday

[FarmJunkie]

Do tell.

Think they are Jazz’s neighbour

[helmsdale]

Snow's gone.

The middle boy was riding his bike around in my pea stubble by the yard... That's how muddy it is.

Punched a probe in and we're "wettish" for the first 4 inches or so, and then she's dry from there to the water table. Im drying to dig sewer lines into the basement, and where it leached in from the edge its not terrible (no eavestrough yet... In an attempt to get water to slide off the roof and soak the fill so it'll fall into place) but in the middle she's pick axe territory. Always wanted arms like legs...

Back to crop reports. Aside from dry, It would seem that well positioned dugouts were able to take advantage of the meager run-off that we did have as the late January thaw here put just enough moisture into the ground to make frost that didn't allow the snow to soak in. For cow guys around here that's a BONUS, but lord help us if we dont get a wet, sloppy drop of snow or SIGNIFICANT rainfall early in the season, because those cows won't be leaving the yard. Native and renovated looks like it was mowed on the deck, and that little bit of frost is going to prevent it from greening up in any meaningful manner.

Fert was booked just after Russia decided to knaw off more than it could chew in short order... Less than quoted december price, but I wouldn't want to be still flapping in the wind. Pre-burn chem is booked, but much to my meager protests, the stuff I thought I had booked back in early august (2 totes at 6.50 and a third at 8) appears to be unfillable... New Price? $16.00 for Transorb as Vector is in such short supply that they cannot guarantee delivery even with a listed price. At least in this area, there is alot of "in-crop" chemical getting blown down for pre-seed (or so say the dealers) which is likely to put a kink into supply in 3 months time.

Mustard offer was bartered up... Historic... Until tuesday when i got a counter after signing saying it was $0.04/lb higher again. Dare I say, we are living in interesting times.

Did I mention its dry? I'm young by comparison to most of you... but this is by far the driest I've ever been at this stage of the game! NOAA, BAMWX, and Environment Canada don't hold out much hope. Drew is the outlier this year. He's the only guy laying his neck out saying the "rain train" could (in classic cover your ass Drew Lerner style) start mid to late may and be productive through June.

Keep your head about ya lad's/lass's... My gut tells me we're in for a roller-coaster ride this year. Good luck.

[Guest]

Hard to believe we are in the same country
Taking the 6ft snow from around the house

[Guest]

[Guest]

[helmsdale]

Hard to believe we are in the same country
Taking the 6ft snow from around the house

One day its chicken... the next its feathers?

[makar]

Turning into mud here, culverts all froze.

[Sodbuster]

Lots of snow here, one more snow with wind would paralyze our RM.
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[furrowtickler]

Kinda the same here , it’s cute when a few days of watm weather that melts in town ...
Drive a few miles out and it’s a completely different world here many areas,
Not nearly as much snow as north of here but still a vastly different place for 95% of the real world

Perfect, only 2 deg on average next 10 days here

[FarmJunkie]

Just hope it starts to disappear soon but at a manageable pace. Actually hope it all goes in the ground. Roads are starting to get messy

[SASKFARMER]

Last few days have been interesting wake up it turns hot and by 3 it rains big time then repeat. My grass looks good.

Heading north soon planing our route

[shtferbrains]

The weather won't be as tough to take when you get here. Was +2 at 10pm last night and don't see any of those -30 windchill forcast.

Going to get real sloppy around soon but happy to see spring here.

Still good light at 7pm.
What are the daylight hrs there this time of year?