What's Worse Than Drought?

[Burbert]

Worst possible condition fer seedin a crop
is flood. Cause it won't likely happen,
that is seeding. Way worse than drought,
don'tya think????

[TOM4CWB]

Burbert,

A crop wasn't ever lost in western Canada on April 15th before!

[fjlip]

Agree Burbert, million times worse.
Cold and snow is max depression.

Is the snow map accurate, most of Alberta covered by snow, Sk & Mb is 90% brown?
We have 50% snow cover and map shows us brown!

[SASKFARMER3]

Map of Saskatchewan is only brown in west east
is white.

[bucket]

I am with you on this burbert.

With a drought you can still accomplish something. Rain and muck made me lazy. I won't be doing a rain dance for a long time.

My most productive land is under water.

Seeding hilltops is not productive.

Is true we never lost a crop on april 15, same sentiment last year as I was waiting for a couple more drying days to seed square quarters. Only to never accomplish much last year.

[JDGreen]

Funny i am in southwest sask and its plenty
white here. No chance of seeding here till at
least may 5 or so. Two weeks behind normal
now and forecast is crap for the next week.

[BreadWinner]

Tom don't say it cant happen. Ive learnt that what cant happen usually does. There is a first time for everything.

[TOM4CWB]

Breadwinner,

"A crop wasn't ever lost in western Canada on April 15th before!"

If weather is like this... May 15... then your comment will be justified.

[BreadWinner]

Well in our area last year crop was lost in the middle of April, we just didnt know it till the middle of June.

[jethro456]

Got a foot of wet snow Wednesday night in
southern Alberta. Mostly brown again today, but
we are wet. Need a couple of weeks

[food4u]

Never thought I would say this but" I am getting tired of wearing rubber boots" and long to put on regular work boots.

[GALAXIE500]

Good morning everybody. Here in my part of the country (Maple Creek SK. ) we have lost pretty well all of our snow, but the cypress hills got dumped on and the forecast is still talking for more. Hope they are wrong. I have got a lot of water laying where I havent seen it before ,although pictures from 1952 that we have show similar conditions , so this really isn't a first. I never thought I would say that I wish for a warm west wind and no moisture for a long while. If the experts think we are going to have more crop in than last year , maybe they should talk to the fellas on the east side of the province. I have also heard that south of cypress hills still have lots of snow. When Old mother nature decides to turn the heat up , there is going to be a lot of water running where we dont want it. Pretty hard to pay bills with crop insurance.

[fjlip]

3" of wet white crap last night and it's still light snow.
That's on top of old snow.
So white the sun will have no effect.
Not only does the crop look lost, the land is being ruined for years.

[checking]

Young guys will change their minds about water the minute the grasshoppers are back chewing off what the sun hasn't baked.

These setbacks leave more time for fishing.

[fjlip]

I'd have to move to ever see that!
Have never seen it here.
They drown in the mud every year except 3 of the last 60!