Friday Crop Report on a Thursday!

[Sodbuster]

Forecast for next week is the best we’ve seen all spring, other than the wind and the high temperatures unless that 1mm for Thursday ends up more. Should finish up Thursday if forecast stays true.

[Chief]

Something alluring to the sweet and brutal beauty of that country throughout what you mentioned. Something how you go south of Camrose and the climate changes or east far enough of QE2 and same sort of change. The Alberta highway system runs on a nw angle so in order for us in nw Sask to travel to Calgary there isn’t a real direct route that’s quick. Hauling horses to Calgary stampede we’d take routes through that country as we could travel slower and easier for the horses. Seen a lot of that country.

If you traveled on the secondary highway #570 you were very close. You would have also passed the calgary stampede horse ranch at the intersection of the 570 and 36.

[fjlip]

Big progress the last day or two Way up to 9 out of 72 quarters done on the way to town. So 12.5% seeded. More like slimed in. Rained overnight and today. Dunno how much yet, it’s not like it matters.

The other thread taking of and showing pics of emerged crops is bizarre to see. Glad for those with emerged crops.

Went to check my soon to be hayland on Friday. Got stuck. As one friend said. Seeding conditions are awesome. ON THE HILLS!

None worse than Wadena area...just awful wet, water, ruts...

Actually nobody posting is happy? Hail, flood, mud, potholes, dry, hard, dusty...Where is the happy place?

One more week till CI deadlines start.

[WiltonRanch]

If you traveled on the secondary highway #570 you were very close. You would have also passed the calgary stampede horse ranch at the intersection of the 570 and 36.

That’s by Hanna isn’t it. One trip I remember the sign for the ranch. Seemed every time we’d turn south off 16 at Lavoy elevator onto 36 and down to Hanna. From there it could either be south or west and down south from there. Dad always tried to avoid the “crazy traffic”. My personal favourite is hwy 619 from Alberta border to Viking and to camrose and either to wetaskawin then down to Joffre and over to QE2. So many ways to get there and so many cool places to see.

[SASKFARMER]

To the West of Me 1.3 inches

Regina less than 1/2 a tenth

Our Farm may as well say 3/4 of an inch over whole-farm again.

Wet wet and really wet.

The grass I planted is growing so well.

The grain I planted is gone in some spots.

Fun Times farming.

[Partners]

Now for a sunny but cool week.
No Temps above 20, Lows of 4???

Half inch of rain here

[jazz]

Dry down for some, wet for MB and not much rainfall forecasted where its needed.

[blackpowder]

Our forecast so far for June is 0 rain.
We will need some or else.

[helmsdale]

Our forecast so far for June is 0 rain.
We will need some or else.

6z GFS has 0.17" of accumulated moisture here thru June 14. If that rings true, I don't see how there's much of anything left by then. Not only can we not survive a hot spell, I do not think we have the reserves to survive even ONE hot day!

Hands down the driest I've ever seen it this time of year. Subsoil reserve is ZERO, the band of moisture that we're relying on for germination is not going to take this crop very far... I drug my ass this spring and put everything in far later than is typical in an effort to get this crop ever closer to the next rain event. Surely it will rain at some point, but early seeded crops in particular are going to start getting very hungry for moisture and nutrients here in the next couple weeks. By the 14th, everything is going to be looking for water.

Once I get done with mustard here, I'll probably head out and try to do some soil probes and see what we're really looking at for a moisture band. Typically I soil sample here every year in the fall. Last fall I could not as neither the probe, or a deep fluted drill bit was capable of bringing up the flour from below 3 or 4 inches. I thought I'd go out this spring and was able to sample one quarter with a drill but even then it was a poor sample as 50+% of the cores didn't have a 6-12" component as you could not bring that dirt up. I was hoping to get out after seeding to see where I sit nutrient wise, so that in the event it did start raining i'd know what I should top dress... I don't think there's going to be a need. If this keeps up for much longer, it looks like even the paltry amount of fertilizer I put down this year will be a complete waste of cash.

[beaverdam]

2" Sat night/Sun noon,,, at a standstill again.

We were still circling around wet spots Sat afternoon, now they'll be even bigger, minus what will be sitting in water.

Looks like we're forecast for a couple days of strong wind, maybe get going again Thur or Fri.

[helmsdale]

I posted this comment in another thread, but probably worth repeating. It applies in the inverse for those lads/lasses in the rain zone. If the "rain train", that Drew Lerner talked about in the early part of this year doesn't materialize, it is very quickly going to turn into the "pain train"! And with respect, if the rain train keeps rolling through eastern SK, and most of MB it'll be the same.

There's ALOT of money in this years crop! I've tried to play defense as well as I can, but this one has the potential to sting like none other. Fuel, Chemical, Fertilizer, Rent, Parts, etc... all heading higher. I don't think we've ever left ourselves this exposed with the level of risk that's on the table!

[beaverdam]

I posted this comment in another thread, but probably worth repeating. It applies in the inverse for those lads/lasses in the rain zone. If the "rain train", that Drew Lerner talked about in the early part of this year doesn't materialize, it is very quickly going to turn into the "pain train"! And with respect, if the rain train keeps rolling through eastern SK, and most of MB it'll be the same.

There's ALOT of money in this years crop! I've tried to play defense as well as I can, but this one has the potential to sting like none other. Fuel, Chemical, Fertilizer, Rent, Parts, etc... all heading higher. I don't think we've ever left ourselves this exposed with the level of risk that's on the table!

Wished there was some way of sharing our wet weather.

Started farming in the mid 70's and farmed through the dry 80's, saw lots of dust in the air and at the same time Roundup was $25/liter and wheat was $3-4.00 bucks.
At that time, I could never image being as wet as we have been over the last 10-11 years.
But oldtimes back in the day, would talk about the wet 1940's, I guess we're in that wet cycle again.