Western Canada's Billion Dollar Rain....

[Guest]

we had a miracle here yesterday only got 2 tenths 18 miles Nw of here got 5 " in a few mins . and I know exactly how they feel . we had 3 years in a row of that .a few years back . seeding last quarter right now and crop coming nice , very thankful indeed !

[farming101]

A 5 inch rain? What a disaster! Had one of them last summer.

[ado089]

South of battleford we had a perfect rain. Two half inch shots over two days. West of battleford it's kind of a mess. A fast inch and a half one night and another inch the day after. The canola planted into moisture is going to have it's work cut out making it out of two inches of mud now that the furrows filled in.

[furrowtickler]

Go out and tickle the furrows in a few days with your harrow

[sumdumguy]

5 inches is a lot. In 1974 we had 60 bushel lodged durum almost ready to cut and on Aug 14 we got a 5 inch downpour. Then it froze 2 days later - all feed when #2 was $7.00/bus. Such fond memories! If lentils on heavy soil got 5 inches today, they would be a sad sight. I don't have a lot of experience with Canola but I suspect it might not like it all that much. Why can't we all just get an inch or a bit more? That's farming.

[Hopalong]

Even one inch or so of heavy rain not good on canola that is just emerging and the longer it takes for soils to start to dry out, the worse it is.

[bucket]

Cam anyone answer this question. ...why does volunteer canola not get chewed up by flea beetles?

[fjlip]

Our volunteers are all gone, eaten by the beetles, now are they waiting for seeds to emerge or is cycle over?

[furrowtickler]

We had canola hit with frost then two days later pounded with 1 1/2 in rain and hail , flattened like a steam roller . A few fields made it one did not .
That rain / hail happened in 20 min .
Canola is funny that way is seems so delicate at times and others it like a raging bull .
We had stuff buried 2 in deep . And our soil is rather on the heavy clay side where it happened.
You just never know wtf

[furrowtickler]

Striped flea beetle control sucks in all seed treatment in those situations. Always