Snow

[SASKFARMER3]

Willy your getting stupider every day. East sask
doesn't need this shit.

[freewheat]

Wil, it is one degree outside today. The high for tomorrow is -3. Then
plus 2. thursday 9. As a guy who probably farms in the desert somewhere,
of course you would welcome any precip you can get. You dry area guys can
not fathom what hell it is when it is too wet. It is not like it is just a
bit of moisture. When you dry out for 5 in 7 years, and you have some
concern, I will not call you a wimp. I will have compassion.

[agstar77]

This will help to thin out the wanabee big operators. We expect to be going by the 20th of May.

[crusher]

Some rain in Edmonton yesterday. Snowing all morning about 4" some far.

[hedgehog]

were the mayans right all along?

[rockpile]

Weather almanac for today - Calgary AB
Normal high: 13.2C
Normal low: -0.4
Record high: 29.4C - 1926
Record low: -18.9C - 1966
Last year: high 14, low 2.3

Moral of the story: put your big girl panties on and
live with it. You can buy big iron, latest tech and all
the acres you could possibly dream of - but you
can't buy control of the weather. And it has and
always will be that way. The weather can make or
break you. Boo hoo!!!

[newguy]

Here is the way I put it. Mother nature
can make a genius look like an idiot and
an idiot look like a genius...

[rockpile]

Well put Newguy. Many years ago I had one of the
largest and most successful farmers in our community
put it this way. "The difference between a good farmer
and a great farmer is a half inch of rain". Made me
think.

[boarderbloke]

Light thunder showers late this afternoon. First thunder of the year. Not a lot of precip, but looks like there is more on the way tonight and tommorrow. Hope the snow stays away as we still have about 30% old snow pack out in the field. SESK Did a calculation on my seeding plans w/ possible starting dates, moves and cleanouts and would be looking at a June 5th finish date, that with no rain setbacks. From there, that only leaves 16 days till the longest day of the summer. Feel for those futher north as we went through that wet year in 2011, only planted 100 acres that year across the whole farm.

[HFL]

Freewheat, you are correct. For those of us that
farm in dryer areas these past years have been
perfect. When you are way too wet, we are just
right. In the earlier thread about latest seeding
date we can remember a few guys talked about
1988 being one of their best years ever. 1988 was
a disaster on our farm. I don't think it rained an
inch in total all summer long. Unfortunately one
persons disaster makes prosperity for someone
else. Hopefully your weather straightens around
soon and you can get going. Our fields are just
about dry enough to go and we will likely get
started on Thursday. We've had no precipitation
recently and just a trace in the forecast for
Tuesday. Good luck everyone.