Did the Edmonton area finish?

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we have been there lots woodland , glad you got done . the surprising thing is how fast it can turn around . last fall we got to about 80% done with lots of fields rutted one end to the other 2 feet deep . nothing harrowed or fertilized . my brother said nothing would grow in those ruts for a couple years . well we went out in mud and lumps the size of your head and juiced and harrowed ahead of the drill . some fields had to be worked twice . I was convinced that nothing would grow in that ugly seedbed but we got a couple timely rains before rain stopped completely for about 90 days . in the end we grew one of the best crops our farm has ever grown . it was an eye opener . some years you do everything perfect and nothing works . good luck with the rest of it and hope it turns for you also . many on here have no idea what real mud is , just think they do . until you have lived it , you can't imagine

Thanks caseih.

As I was telling my wife we never got any field work or spraying done after harvest this year and still are trying to trench in three miles of water line but I feel we are light years ahead of last year when we were still combining, baling, and chopping silage till mid December.

My expectations for this years crop were 0 so everything was a bonus. Every bushel has or will go through the dryer yet. We get to deal with crop insurance on our barley and canola since they were under our coverage and the grades are pathetic too. We've never claimed before so that'll be another new experience of which there have been many already.

Looking forward to next year already and at least the cattle prices are up (haven't sold the yearlings yet) and still have mountains of feed so it isn't all bad.



Just moved one bunch of pairs to some alfalfa regrowth by myself and a bale this morning.

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All done here with < week to spare. Drying finished and putting shit away in the cold and snot.

Speaking of canola and dryers.
Others and myself were spitballing getting a dryer together as I have access to hp gas and 3 phase.
Reccomendations? Thanx.

This year we had the dryer unable to keep up and the wet grain ended up in bins other than the wet bin which was/is a bunch of extra work. We only have one dry bin which we cool in as well. I would recommend at least two bins for wet and two for dry/cool as well. More if the budget permits 😉

As for dryer suggestions..... make sure it's a new one that way there's another used one for me to choose from when we upgrade. My budget means I pick from the well used stuff on kijiji or Ritchie's and bubblegum it together. 👍