Whats recent weather do for you guys?

[malleefarmer]

Started new thread maybe should have strung out old one.

So farma not sure if you snow but whats it do for you guys.

Optimism going foward now? To much snow go away? I missed out more of the same misery and worry?

Will wheat markets react looking around net it snowed some in montana and nd an sd or it will today/tommorow.

Cattleman will at least get some pasture growth perhaps?

A well known australian forecaster who has a fair % success rate about 75% reckons usa the droughted areas will stay droughted and a drying trend over northern us southern canadian prairies.

[Guest]

9 more inches of the ugly white shit not needed , unneeded moisture , can make spring later

[food4u]

2 to 3 inches here, badly needed here. At least the fields are covered until the wind blows. By the looks of the radar more is coming but time will tell.100 miles south of Saskatoon to give you an idea where we are Mallee.

[furrowtickler]

Not much from recent system in NW Sask , but we have enough cover . Anymore will just start to drown out low productive areas again .
This current system seems to be in the driest area of Western Canada that needs it the most . But most snow ends up as run off water .
Need rain systems to follow that pattern starting end of May

[farmaholic]

Not very good at all here mallee. Windy as usual. I bet we didn't get as much as we got all winter so far, and that is almost **** all, although it is white here there is still very little. Still hopeful, it's not over yet.

[sumdumguy]

Hope it fills the stubbles and the alfalfa fields. There was basically no alfalfa last year. We can ski-doo soon.
Young friend of ours was ski-dooing Friday, went flying so ski-doo could land on him, now in trauma center with 6 broen ribs, ruptured spleen and internal bleeding, may need surgery today. So everyone, take her cool!

[seldomseen]

We had lots of snow before and it is still coming down. Forecast is to snow more tonight and tomorrow so there will be lots of runoff water when it warms up.

It seems like NE Sask never misses a weather system.

[poorboy]

The ground is usually frozen, so the snow melts and runs off the fields. Good for filling lakes, sloughs, pot holes etc. Good for cattlemen in that it fills the water storage places that cows drink from. Very little benefit for crop or grass production.

Now if that snow falls when the ground is thawed it really soaks in. Too early for that.

[grassfarmer]

The ground is usually frozen, so the snow melts and runs off the fields. Good for filling lakes, sloughs, pot holes etc. Good for cattlemen in that it fills the water storage places that cows drink from. Very little benefit for crop or grass production.

Now if that snow falls when the ground is thawed it really soaks in. Too early for that.

Depends how you manage your grass! we pay a lot of attention to capturing and holding the snow in last year's litter. That way it can slow release when things warm up in spring. We have maintained complete ground cover all winter despite not having had much snow. The neighbours cropland was clear of snow when this latest storm hit - all their snow and some of their topsoil was in the roadside ditches.

[poorboy]

Depends how you manage your grass! we pay a lot of attention to capturing and holding the snow in last year's litter. That way it can slow release when things warm up in spring. We have maintained complete ground cover all winter despite not having had much snow. The neighbours cropland was clear of snow when this latest storm hit - all their snow and some of their topsoil was in the roadside ditches.

Guess it depends where you live. Here in the chinook belt my 12” of snow fully melted in November and all soaked in. Ground froze for a month with no snow cover. Now the snow is sitting on top of 2’ of completely froze soil. Hilly land and I guarantee it will all run off. Flat land would probably soak up a lot of the melt. It’s not all about grazing management.

[fjlip]

"It seems like NE Sask never misses a weather system."

If already TOO WET, Even if forecast for east of Regina! Farma...
9" caseih, we got like 2', lucky you.
Hope it starts melting soon, hell of a long winter since Nov, and COLD

[ajl]

Wet and cold here east of Edmonton with too much snow. Will be a late spring again with flooded low spots. Last year the wheat did not mature in time. Most June seeded canola did except the stuff that flooded out after seeding. Some of the too wet to seed last spring will be too wet to seed this spring again. This past week made the cropping concern change from too dry in southern areas to too wet to seed in northern and eastern regions.

[Partners]

In the mud bowl area all the snow did was put everyone in a state of depression.

[bucket]

Some peoples answers to the issues facing farmers are to get out while you still can...

Wish that was the case for a long list of companies supported by government bailouts.