No Rain Til July 10th week

[helmsdale]

Rick Mercer's environment Canada 7 day forecast...

https://youtu.be/wkDvqQKGgDA

[seldomseen]

Well if I compare it to one of the worst dry year that really sticks out in my memory 2002. That year we had very little moisture real high temps coming into spring and the crop hung on until the July long weekend when the temps went crazy high and really ended the crop for that year. This year with decent sub soil moisture and a way cooler temps so far, I think if we get decent rain by July 1 we would still get a crop but a smaller one.

[furrowtickler]

[Hopalong]

In our area and on own farm, silver lining would be getting into more slough margins and working them down.
Remember past dry years when best crop came from slough edges and high water table areas if we had got or kept them in shape the year before.
Some of them have been out of production for past ten years, newcomers might see them as not worth bothering with but not me.
If we get more wet years, our hills and higher land production should make up for wet areas we lose.

[the big wheel]

Go get your fricken cash advance and don’t worry about weather or prices that advance is the solution both the liberals and conservatives think Canadian farmers need. No use having a decent insurance program.

[GALAXIE500]

I have rye and triticale seeded and if we don't get much rain I will cut all or most of it and bale it! I will buy hay with my crop insurance cheque and hold some of last years durum for a higher price and pay income tax next spring.

[checking]

Now that that has been said, envy has our area in for a F-S-S rain event. The Norway site which is a Swede with his brains knocked out concurs that it will be two day rain event of an inch plus. It starts in a few hours. Can they be wrong?

Of course they can, just like alarmists! They can be totally wrong.

[fjlip]

Oh F off.

Really?

Like anyone knows for sure.

If it's a theoretical question....it would be disastrous.

Maybe not that bad, Crop Insurance and NO harvesting required!

[FarmJunkie]

Not sure which is worse our situation or the one the farmers are having in the Midwest. I think I would take the too wet and don’t seed an acre and still get paid. We’ve spent a fortune hoping!

[furrowtickler]

I prefer the accuweather forecast although I've never found it to be that accurate. Tap switching on June 1st will be crucial for guys with cattle in many areas.

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This one shows similar to that grass ...

Time will tell I guess