S N O W!

[agchat]

Well if it does snow and you feel depessed, go out a buy a new sled. That should perk you up.

[agchat]

Dam auto correct that should be depressed.

[farmaholic]

Really? Ask the guys in the eastern parts of the Prairies that lost large areas of their pasture and had the biggest challenge of their lives putting up feed when it rained every third day about life going on when you have only cattle and hay with too much precipitation.

[agchat]

That is so true farmaholic, a pasture under water to long is ruined. Lost around 25-30 percent like that in 2011 on a fifty acre cross fenced chunk. She is broke up now. Not much of a diet for cows when it is sow thistle, canada thistle, and fox tail. Sheep may do better on that though.

[grassfarmer]

Over 5 inches and still snowing hard.

Farmaholic, I said cows and grass not cows and hay. For wet conditions there is silage.

[fjlip]

You heard it from me before, 1993 a FOOT of snow Sept 13, snowmobiled between canola swaths no problem. Any standing was flat, lots of fun swathing, some had to one way. Only about 10% combined here, mostly barley, rest of wheat and barley still standing. Most canola swathed. We did wheat, 21 to 16% moisture.

[blackpowder]

No one should have any further doubts as to why we will always need a swather on standby in this country!!

[blackpowder]

Comin down nice here now.
Just like the price of HRS. WTHell??

[crusher]

Charlie,

We won't know the extent of the damage until we start combining again. If we get a hard frost before the wheat dries, that would be problematic. So far 3/4 inch of rain and snow. Snow wasn't heavy enough to flatten crops, though mine were half lodged already. We have lifters, a swather and a dryer. We'll be okay. Rather have snow than hail.

[Klause]

Grassfarmer I am going to say it. Your level of ignorance is unfathomable. Your level of comprehension as to what wet is is incredible.


we had ccows every one in the heard got foot rot. Rain rot.

summer calves drowned in pastures.... we lost cows because they got stuck in mud and we couldn't get to them so nothing to do but shoot them.


Silage? You are going to silage land that has water higher than the grass? Won't support your boots never mind a tractor.
You really have no idea living at the altitude you do.