Harvest Progress or Regress

[walterm]

Our fields are 20 minutes from Grassfarmer and you've all seen his pictures Need to add a word to thread title and make it Progression, Regression or Depression. We'd fall in the depression slot. Snow is leaving the fields slowly but those fields are sopping wet. Best outcome would be snow leaves, no snow falls and ground freezes solid.

No combines have rolled for over a week here. Desperation will have some people,trying to get into field today. It will be bad.

No idea what area you are from. Could you tell us and how big of area is still too wet to go? I know everyone is battling tough grain but most are going at least some hrs most days.

[SASKFARMER]

Just did the math and it wasn't the new math, or I might be smiling.

If we get till Saturday ill still have 1.2 mill of the crop out all winter.

Farming is so much fun.

[grassfarmer]

No idea what area you are from. Could you tell us and how big of area is still too wet to go? I know everyone is battling tough grain but most are going at least some hrs most days.

We're in SW Manitoba. Maybe fair to say everything south of the Transcanada from Brandon east to the Ontario border is in the same boat? I haven't been out much to see the northern edge of that or beyond. There is also a section of central Manitoba where the snow hit north of the #1 up into the Interlake etc so it must be a large area affected.

[Jay-mo]

I'm not too far from Braveheart in SW Manitoba and like he said, still some snow on our fields and where there's not snow its water and mud. Fields were just barely holding traffic before the 2+ feet of snow. No progress here in 12 days and counting.
I went for a drive yesterday and many places I could not drive past more then a half mile without seeing wheat, canola, oats and soybeans still out there.
We have 40% of our crop still out.

[Braveheart]

No idea what area you are from. Could you tell us and how big of area is still too wet to go? I know everyone is battling tough grain but most are going at least some hrs most days.

Like Grassfarmer and Jay-Mo said. My hometown is Killarney MB. Going east a mix of crops but once in Pembina and Red River valley it soybeans and corn left. Corn 40% moisture and higher. Beans are swelling and splitting pods open. A lot of the edible bean crop still out and obviously ruined.

Big story looming is the flooding possible in spring. Our creek (usually a bell weather) is already in flood stage.

[blackpowder]

Looks over for us tomorrow.
We'll see what November brings.
Worrisome part is, it's the most important part of my income. The last 25%

[agstar77]

Got back into the field yesterday. Beans are tough but it is go now or spring. One week to go if weather permits.

[makar]

Last wheel turned eight days ago, been raining and snowed this morning forecast six more days of crap.

[Braveheart]

Got back into the field yesterday. Beans are tough but it is go now or spring. One week to go if weather permits.

Roland or Kane area? Heard some trying there.

[agstar77]

Sun is out and wind up. There is hope.