2002

[blackpowder]

Weve never had a frost quite that bad here yet. I do remember one year the odd late canola crop got er depending on location. One year i remember snowflakes in August.

Mother nature seems to have her seasons regardless of calender.
Although i agree the golden rule is that winter is always coming.
Im not altering seed plans yet in fact i never have.
We'll get our 2 weeks or so. Seed heavier, lighten up the N if you have to.
The wheats we have now I'd worry after May 26ish. Canola june 6ish.
Making above changes near these dates.
We always win!!!!

[farmaholic]

04 here as well. Bought a section that spring and a section of crop froze on us that fall to the the point of basically 0% production, half section of flax and a half of wheat.....had to combine it all to get rid of the straw. It was 25% of our acres. Ag Stability later paid on that year then asked for some back........I blame Sumdumguy!

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[MBgrower]

2004, all my soybeans froze, zero yield. At least I had crop insurance on it. Was a nice canopy up until the frost got it.

[seldomseen]

Aug. 19-20, 2004 Started freezing about 9:00 pm. Canola made it and had a good crop. Wheat yielded good but had a bit of frost damage and then I held it until the next summer and sold it all off board for $2.04 bu.

[makar]

1998 froze late july, many crops ran 0. Let there be no doubt why i farm to survive rather than get rich quick. Next year froze august 5. Bring on global warming.

[bigzee]

2004 froze bad here in south central Sk. Had a 40 bu B-90 chickpea crop coming and they froze green. Combined then spring of 05, sold them for a whopping 7 cents/lb. Didnt dare put tough green seed in the bin so we left them out. Malt was going to make 80 plus, sucked the weight right out of it. Durum didn’t fair much better. Was a good year to carry crop insurance.

[sumdumguy]

04 here as well. Bought a section that spring and a section of crop froze on us that fall to the the point of basically 0% production, half section of flax and a half of wheat.....had to combine it all to get rid of the straw. It was 25% of our acres. Ag Stability later paid on that year then asked for some back........I blame Sumdumguy!

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Who me? No way!

[the big wheel]

Don't worry about august it will freeze between June 5 and June 10 to minus 8 to minus 10 degrees.

@parkthecombineforayear.

[bgmb]

2004, Before farming was cool, and nobody was coming back to the farm except the diehards. Had our pick of land.

Seeding was on time that year but the summer was very cold, crops were behind normal development when the aug19 -5 hit. Ended up losing about 2/3 of our crop. Was the largest crop up to that point but mother nature took it at the last minute.

[SASKFARMER3]

After the 2002 frost then the 2004 frost farming really wasn't cool. You savings got a huge kick in the nuts and if you had none your farming life was over. Lots left after 2004 because they were done.

Farming was cool. That's so funny.