Big Rain and How No One is getting it Right.

[SASKFARMER3]

It doesn't matter this year if your Weather Chanel, Environment Canada, or even Drew. No one is even close to getting the weather pattern right.

But really I can't imagine why.

If you look at the storm pattern since march it s the same Nothing in the Se. Its circles around. The Storms come out of the USA go north Pick up speed form Calgary on to Edmonton then All of a sudden move East then North again.

Its rather funny watching and listening to all the experts talk about whats going to happen and every time its the same.

yesterday a strip at Swift then it exploded and alberta got a boozer of a rain and the big storm in SE that came in from ND AND SD just fizzled out to sweet F#$K all.

Ah storms, all our praying in SE and East Central must have been answered in One year previous 15 nothing changed but this year all answered.

We had 6/10 last week north of the valley but most surrounding had 2 to 3 tenths. Cant grow much of a crop on tenths. Need the one soaker to get things going. Looks like its not going to come this year.

Average to below average crop at best just around the corner. Flooding in Alberta will not produce big yields but take away yield.

Manitoba might luck out.


Haven't got across the valley yet but tell us what each got from the Predicted biggest rain of the year storm.

[rodd]

1.5" at 6 am at Wolseley and still coming. Might have to go around a couple potholes on the last 400 ac to spray.

[SASKFARMER3]

Good on you rod some one got the bonus. 1.5 would be to much but that will get things growing. it will soak in fine.

[Lex]

South of the valley at Edenwold. Half inch so far and going to rain all day. Beautiful soaker came just in time.

[checking]

1.3" and also still increasing. This is the very reason one does not wish to caught all that the dart throwers dream up. In point of fact, we were not requiring anything to well into July.

[farmaholic]

1.3 inches...it might pond a bit before its over but I dont think the ground had a chance to swallow it all yet!

[SASKFARMER3]

Yea farmer good going you needed that bad.

Lex that crop looks excellent. Just in time rain is correct.

My guess is just north of valley will get some but the storm is now fading fast as it circles back maybe on round two but my guess is this was a big bust for most.

[farming101]

Nothing for us yet. Maybe afternoon, but if this system tracks northeast might miss it all

[FarmerSmuck]

1/2 Inch near Biggar. It's just what we needed.

[Hopalong]

1.8 inches toward Manitoba. Enough already.

[farmaholic]

Nothing for us yet. Maybe afternoon, but if this system tracks northeast might miss it all

I hope you get what you're looking for, what we got is a game changer. I realize we have a way to go yet but this was really good. Canola needed it most, there are issues out there but this should help. There is kinda a two growth stage going on in 450 acres. Looks like the first round of germ then another a bit later. Not from the .53 inches last week because it's too advanced, it almost seems like those two or three days of misty cool weather we had a while ago gave it enough of a reprieve from the land drying out(and subsoil moisture moving up because there was very little accumulated precip from that event) that germinated more seeds. We may end up with three stages now because I assume there was still a wee bit un-germed. Blah...blah....blah....blah...blah

[Robertbarlage]

A few drops that's all guess that's our big rain event going to get bad if don't get something soon.

[grefer]

Nothing to speak of here. Didnt even wet the deck. Not looking good.

[Robertbarlage]

Guess I will keep spraying in the dust.

[farmaholic]

Now I almost feel guilty for getting a decent rain. I hate seeing/hearing people suffer from lack of moisture, especially after what we ourselves went through this spring.