Friday Crop Report on a Thursday!

[blackpowder]

Had a front blow out once. That was enuf for me. When kid, one truck on log haul lost a wheel and he made a tobogan outta the truck. I take all trucks in for an inspection as appropriate even if not legislated cause of that.

One more dump of rain here and I call the floater trucks.

[sumdumguy]

It looks to me like the Omega Block is over the city of Regina again. Clouds can't break through. Come on buggar, prove me wrong!

[sumdumguy]

It's time to park the seeding apparatus and find a fishing boat. They are catching their limits 😀 I gave up on mushrooms cause you guys won't tell me where your favourite picking spots are. 👎

[seldomseen]

Still waiting and I need a week of todays weather to get going. Finally a south west wind and sunshine. If you look out in the fields you see ruts full of water so almost need a miracle for this to end well.

[sumdumguy]

Still waiting and I need a week of todays weather to get going. Finally a south west wind and sunshine. If you look out in the fields you see ruts full of water so almost need a miracle for this to end well.

Too wet - Too dry
After that frost, all our crops would benefit from a sweet inch.

[seldomseen]

Too wet - Too dry
After that frost, all our crops would benefit from a sweet inch.

I hope you get your sweet inch but here that would be a bitter inch that would close the seeding window for most up here.

[sumdumguy]

Weathertab longrange weather predicts 52% chance of showers tomorrow and then again end of next week.

[ajl]

0% here. Got 0.25 inch rain in a thunderstorm yesterday. Area is less than 5% seeded. Need to spray badly. Was one sprayer trying in the area yesterday before the rain. Still spring thrash out there in this region.

[fjlip]

What a spring of extremes! Sounds like NOBODY is happy!
Is there a happy place, perfect seeding and germ???

[bgmb]

What a spring of extremes! Sounds like NOBODY is happy!
Is there a happy place, perfect seeding and germ???

Pretty good here. Can't really bitch we were very wet but luckily minimal rain all spring

[bgmb]

0% here. Got 0.25 inch rain in a thunderstorm yesterday. Area is less than 5% seeded. Need to spray badly. Was one sprayer trying in the area yesterday before the rain. Still spring thrash out there in this region.

Older farmers here were talking about years they didn't turn a wheel till after the long weekend. Unusual but not unheard of. Best of luck to those struggling to get going

[sumdumguy]

Seems we are either ducking the clouds or ducking the frost or some other monster.

[Partners]

First seeded field..canola on wheat stubble..was wet and lumpy..now dried right out..zero germ..
Ugly thought...need a shower.biting tongue...

Seeding in MUD is a DUD...

[fjlip]

Pretty good here. Can't really bitch we were very wet but luckily minimal rain all spring

Just a hint where your area is, we are N of Wadena, N of Quill lakes.

[fjlip]

Older farmers here were talking about years they didn't turn a wheel till after the long weekend. Unusual but not unheard of. Best of luck to those struggling to get going

That would me ME...older no wiser farmer...worst case...
1974, late in May, needed to HARROW first, just to dry top a bit to pull cultivator, MUD and Water lots of guys stuck! Press drill days!
As luck would have it, a brand new Case 2470 saved our ASS, 2wd pulled SFA that spring.
So how did crop turn out mudded in late?
Froze in the fall, pepper canola, feed 50 lb wheat, yields SFA. Lets hope 2017 is NOT a repeat.