Drought or just a normal Canadian Spring?

[helmsdale]

Was a young pup in 89/90, but I remember shoveling blow dirt out of the one ways because we were afraid we'd bust the hitch if we tried pulling them out. Or pushing blow dirt back into deep blow outs with blades. Crop sandblasted and forever crippled. Min till has pretty much solved that problem thank christ... chemical resistance has flourished though, and $10/ac chemfallow passes have pushed a lot of guys into continuous. '02 I remember slamming 44' swaths up the front of a 750 Massey in road gear and not getting a tandem load of grain off a 40ac field.

'15 was the first drought I had actual skin in the game. Belt was pretty tight, and I'm still slowly clawing back.

[helmsdale]

2 10 day forecasts, only six hours apart... 00z had us plugged for nearly 3", 06z has us getting 0". Been like that since March. High tech super computer generated global weather models are just as disillusioned as some of us are.

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06z

[Sheepwheat]

Have Never been short of rain enough to affect crops in this place. Yield loss from too much moisture? Many, many times.

This year conditions are the best they have been since 2003.

[furrowtickler]

Very close to normal here , it is extremely rare for us to get much rain this time of year.

[Casered]

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Well look at that...

"So regardless of disease pressure or environmental conditions give your wheat and barley yields a big-time boost come harvest time."

See hobby, there's even a spray for drought!

Haha. If we don't get any rain here in the next month I think the crop will die. We are in great soil it's heavy clay. This is a first for me. Most of my years farming have been on the wet side but we grew some great crops in the wetter years. Bayer is in for a rude awakening if the forcast holds true. If it stays dry till next spring they won't sell any canola in this area. I'm hoping they drop seed prices they will have too if they want to sell any seed across the South if a serious drought continues.

[Partners]

Never fear drought. That is what those half million dollar drills are designed for.

[hobbyfrmr]

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Well look at that...

"So regardless of disease pressure or environmental conditions give your wheat and barley yields a big-time boost come harvest time."

See hobby, there's even a spray for drought!

Wow! That’s good to know. Brilliant message they have. Basically spray it no matter what. It’s a no brainer.

[SASKFARMER3]

F$$k this spots wet further East. More rain from last week and wetter.

[Casered]

Never fear drought. That is what those half million dollar drills are designed for.

Haha. What drill is that we use a paralink. The packing has really helped our emergence in the dry. But no genetics or seeder will help if the crop runs out of mositure.

[Casered]

But even if this crop dies I'll have a roof over my head and food to eat. As long as I can keep farming I'm happy. We take for granted so much living in the West.