Friday Crop Report on a Thursday!

[Misterjade9]

3.2mm in 5am thundershower here east of Mckague, that adds to the 2.0mm we got the other day, radar looks good to the south, the next round of red and orange should come right over top of us at about 12:30. We are not done but sure can use the moisture.

[grassfarmer]

Like what Grassy cover crops? Cracks were 3 inches wide in the soil at harvest time. Left as much stubble as possible. Zero moisture to establish a cover crop. Cracks still there while seeding, had to seed on an angle as the cracks follow between stubble rows. Have had 2 tenths all spring. According to Grassy its my fault.

No, not at all biglentil, I was getting at the guys that spend years removing the water holding capacity from their land-base then complaining that they are dry - but it's just bad luck and nothing that management could have prevented.
For those of you in the drier areas I think the truth ultimately is that some of it should have been left as unbroken prairie. When you look at it in terms of decades or centuries anyway as there have been extended periods of drought historically where modern agriculture would not work on a good chunk of the prairies. I'm always fearful that we might return to one of these cycles.

[fjlip]

Palliser said semi arid plain, not arable, sure proved him wrong. Perhaps we have been in a WET cycle for 50 years?

[Guest]

We're done , right around close is about 90% done . She was a spring to be very thankful for , and that I am . Cereals peas and canary up nicely , canola just starting to poke through

[SASKFARMER3]

Well if this is picking up speed and strength could get interesting this after noon

[SASKFARMER3]

Well if this is picking up speed and strength could get interesting this after noon

[grassfarmer]

Palliser said semi arid plain, not arable, sure proved him wrong. Perhaps we have been in a WET cycle for 50 years?

More than 50 years - the 20th century was the wettest ever on the prairies according to data they pulled from the Red Deer River at Drumheller.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

More than 50 years - the 20th century was the wettest ever on the prairies according to data they pulled from the Red Deer River at Drumheller.

I keep trying to point that out, but most of us don't want to accept that recent wet years are the anomaly.

[Ache4Acres]

We finally caught at least a measurable bit of the wet stuff. Came in a flash but left 1/2” or so. Considering we have not had barely a drop since spring..‘this was welcome and with the hot forecast next week...if we missed this it would of made bad turn to ugly.

Little bit of relief anyway, maybe some of the canola will pop out now

[furrowtickler]

Finished up today then got the custom seeding done tonight.
Got a splash of rain but that’s it.
Corn planters about 1/2 done.
Overall still very dry NE of the Battlefords