Seeding

[seedsman]

Yes, it's true, spring wheat seeded yesterday. These farmers always try to get some wheat seeded really early, and I have never seen them have a wreak yet. Probably 3 years out of the last 10 they have seeded spring wheat in March. This might be the earliest they have been out, though. A few years ago, they got a lot of acres seeded around March 20. Then we had 3 weeks of winter. That early wheat was as good as wheat seeded mid April, when everyone else started.

Ice has been off of the dugouts for a week now. Yesterday was 21. Gophers have been out for over a month. Grass is getting green, weeds are growing, tulips will be blooming next week. Looks like mid April.

[Partners]

Different world..Just got home from a 200 KM ride on our Ski-Doo's...Trails are still Good...

[hobbyfrmr]

Wow! That is amazing. Yesterday was the last good run for snowmobiling. Big melt today. I can be done but it will get rough and hard on sleds.

[farmaholic]

Pull out the quad and go mudding. A little accumulation of water in potholes but may go away when the frost comes out.

[grrrr]

Fields totally covered with snow here. I just heard the 6:00 A.M. news and weather. Saskatoon 4. Here -4. Just over 100 km apart.

[SASKFARMER3]

Water running every where but we had 2 inches of wet snow on wed night and then rain Thursday night. Sloughs full dugouts full.
Seeding in March in Alberta. Go for it. Funny in our part of the world the Best and Highest yielding crops are the ones that are seeded between May 16th and Queens birthday. You get it in and your off to the races.
Go for it Alberta make the Seed Companies Happy. Its fricking Mid March.
But if it doesn't rain all year then its a awesome thing you will have 20 and the rest none.

[Klause]

Grr where are you? Plus 1 here in Muenster now.


We lost a lot of snow cover... at colonsay had my loader tractor out there and a few bales to load. Holy crap tractor sank right to the yellow clay snot... Frost is almost out out there.

[vvalk]

Trying to figure the risk reward. Pretty sure these guys are dryland. Why open up the ground to wind which we have had a tonne of while your seed just sits there. Then there is wireworm. Great only last 3 weeks maybe 4. If your crop isn't growing then your treat disappears. I guess it's free to reseed with crop insurance but you would lose 2" of moisture. I get seeding the last week of March to push the envelope in SE Alberta but the second week? I also get colonies seeding early since all those poor people have in their life is being able to brag to the other colonies so it turns into a big kissing match. I remember last year lots went early like the 25th and if I remember correctly many reseeded

[vvalk]

What's to gain by seeding now vs March 25 except taking on a ton of risk? Even the 25th is crazy early. But April 1 is common in SE Alberta

[hobbyfrmr]

I am wondering what the economics of Faba beans would do. They are frost tolerant, fixate N for a month or 6 weeks, terminate them with glyphosate and then plant the spring crop. They would get a cover crop, nitrogen and weed control all before planting, ....in theory.