Water, or lack of

[GALAXIE500]

It is very brown down here also. It is a blessing as far as cow feeding goes , but runoff will be needed for the dugouts and the farmland. Mother nature always bats last!


FYI : Administration please change this website back to the format we had , as it is not that well thought out in my opinion!

[Guest]

I smell grain prices goin higher. Bins are locked till the moisture situation improves. I dont think im alone. Local terminals look like ghost towns lately.

Same around here, looks like farmers smartened up

[blueversi]

Stubble was full at one point, now just an inch or 2 left and bare spots showing up after the warm days and the rain. Not worried yet it’s a long time until May.

[sumdumguy]

Everyone who wants the old website should send admin a message.

[rastafarian]

?So we have went thru 7 years of drought and your saying we have 3 more ??!!

[goalieguy847]

I remember just a short.. 2 years ago. Coming off 2 straight years of 20 + inches of rain.... absolute disaster up around edmonton area. Basement flooded for 1st time in history on our 100 yr old 4th gen house. 400 combined acres out of 3000. Complete wreck. Lots of snow that following winter... seeded next spring and everything came.up awesome.. nice rains til mid june then the taps shut off and monster heat for 2 months.
WHEAT BARLEY AND CEREALS avgd 10 to 20. Canola avgd 16. Peas single digits.

Im over winter snow. Im going to put all my eggs in the spring/ summer rains basket and starting to believe that heat blast is our [NODE="1"]Home[/NODE] yield robber.
subsoil moisture is overrated.

( i say this in jest.. but also somewhat serious!)
June is our month that makes or breaks the crop... not december.

[Old Cowzilla]

Few more calfs coming today least don't have to worry about pushing snow before truck shows up. Didn't have to plug tractors in last night so saving on hydro bill but think January will come in with a vengeance.

[biglentil]

Gopher running around just now. Odd for dec14th, definitely saw its shadow.

[Freightshaker]

You’ll never lose a crop in December, just some hope!

Cattle guys here best to have a backup plan for water. Not a slough or dugout has water.
It can turn around in a hurry too.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

?So we have went thru 7 years of drought and your saying we have 3 more ??!!

I searched the post I was referencing. It was from October of 21, and he was calling for 8 years of drought. I assume that maybe included 21? So only 5 years left. Just search Macdon It's one of the last posts he made.

[Taiga]

December last year was -30C and colder for the entire month, and first half of January 2023. Sure enjoying this winter so far. Very very dry here, don’t care about lack of snow but need rain come June.

[helmsdale]

5 months of winter left and monsoon season due. Be careful what you wish for.

I'd be crucified if I asked for what I want here in the triangle. Have I mentioned It's dry?

My god... nothing from surface to water table level. NOTHING!