Good Rains in Aust Bearish??

[malleefarmer]

Quite good rains across aust although parts of WA missed out.

Maybe the wheat market is getting toppy.

Im sure CP will correct me!

[parsley]

So glad that at least part of Australia is finally getting rain! Matbe you'll end up long rain.

Parsley

[Pulseman]

Hi, yes good Australia gets good rain. But from our expiriance it takes some good years to make up for the bad.

How about the dry conditions and over grown crops from a warm winter in Europe?

I know, Europe is not the biggest factor reg. grain exports, but two bad yesrs in a row can do funny things.

How about less grain on the prairies, less grain in the states maybe, more canola more peas, more hope?

Interesting year to come.

Pulseman

[malleefarmer]

Weve had 25% of yearly rainfall since 26th of april
85mm 0r 3.4 inches some areas have had more

[kamichel]

I hear your stocks are extremely low. That should help keep the markets up for a bit since your crop still does not come off till oct. nov. dec. Harvest still a long ways away. Is the crop planted or still to be planted?

[malleefarmer]

being planted,may/june is basically the planting months in aust with a % seeded in april

[malleefarmer]

where cottonpicken lost between earth and the moon?

[cottonpicken]

Something like that.

Anything i think or talk about is way over your head.

[malleefarmer]

thanks for your judgement on my intellectual capacity cp

lighten up a little twas a joke

[Incognito]

I read on here somewhere how many acres you farmed Mallee and can't seem to find it.

How many acres was it again?

What are your seeding intentions this year?

Is everyone going flat out wheat? Pulses up or down? Canola?

Thanks in advance.

[malleefarmer]

my intentions are
2200 acres wheat
1600 acres barley 50%feed 50% malt
700 canola
75 lupins
200 vetch
400 triticale

canola and vetch in the ground will wait for weeds for another 5 to 7 days as more rain is forecast tommorow and next week hopefully filling in the gaps for the few who missed out

seeding across most of aust will be hell for l;eather late next week mostly wheat barley and canola

[Incognito]

Thanks!

Good luck with seeding and more rain.

Best,

[malleefarmer]

Incognito this is way of topic and should be in adifferent section of agriville but are farmers sons leaving school and doing college then coming home on the farm or is there a mass exodous of young farmers from the land as there is here in aust.
Myself i have 3 sons aged 12 to 5 and really only think one will have a career in agriculture.

thanks in advance just curious

[Incognito]

It is huge problem here too. Quality of life in rural areas has been altered as most rush towards the city when they retire and the infrastructure deteriorates as those left cannot sustain it.

The oil patch is swallowing up agriculture graduates in western Canada. How do you argue with $120,000 per year (in the oil patch) with a 24-year old who has a 4-year ag degree? Farm boys have great work ethics and you don’t have to teach them to think.

Our youth has listened to 10 years of bitchin at home about no money in farming.

Rural depop is going to get worse.

In Saskatchewan, the rush to the cities is causing a housing shortage. People aren’t coming here because we have a socialist government.

In the paper here on the weekend, there was an article about ag. students in agriculture who were going back to the farm ….less than a handful in the class of 70.

Curious – which of your three sons is most interested in farming? Oldest – Middle or Youngest?

[kamichel]

Talk about the housing shortage, my father just sold a condo in Saskatoon Sask. for 177,000, just a couple years ago it was worth only 80,000. So was a good sale as it was also 25 years old.