Friday Crop Report on a Thursday!

[Sheepwheat]

Same here i think all these -7 nights are taking their toll. I noticed in pasture grasses are growing very slow but still if they don't get moisture and heat they will go thru their growth cycle and head out at 6 inches tall very thin and spindly.

Kind of like last year. I was scouting my alfalfa and I am positive I seed lots that look to have frozen off?

Allis WD45 your inbox soon.

[LEP]

I think you misunderstood my ask for advice. I don’t wish to grain farm anymore, I wanted advice on how to transition faster and leave the stressful and for me, extremely un enjoyable grain farming behind. We are all at a different place in our lives, on our farms, and in our mental state. The final nail for me, was realizing quite suddenly, this spring, like two days ago, while combining, that beyond the flax being so poor, I didn’t give a rip, I had no joy whatsoever. At this point, even if I grew monster crops, I wouldn’t care, it’s just not in my blood anymore, I think it has just come to that point. FOR ME! I totally realize if you’re not there, it would be hard to understand. But why do something I have regrettably come to not just not find cool anymore, but I actually HATE?

A few years ago, I would never have guessed this day would come. But slowly and surely it crept up on me, and unfortunately, the day came in spring, when I need to get out there and do it. I dearly wish the day would have come in fall or early winter! Lol I could have been ready with something. But it is what it is and I guess I’ll go through the motions one more time.

I have a neighbor who quit grain farming many years ago. He was swathing and had a breakdown, the mosquitos were dive bombing him, and he had that moment where he said I don’t even like this even a little bit anymore! And that was his last crop!

I am very thankful I do have a passion for our animals and marketing and the challenges this brings. Thankful we bought some sheep even years ago, not remotely thinking this day would come; they would be the side venture. Wrong. People I know chuckle when I start talking about sheep and marketing lamb, and hay and fences and future plans! I still have passion about farming, just not the grain side anymore.

Sorry a bit long winded there. Just trying to explain.

I guess it is now obvious, never ask a simpleton for advice.

Follow your passion.

[furrowtickler]

3C at 9 pm , May 15th .... FML

Ohhhh , these long growing seasons are upon our us ... wow what a bunch of b/s

[furrowtickler]

Maybe next we will be able to grow sugar cane with this climate change ... LOL
Wow ... if only people had a brain ... sun spots rule

[furrowtickler]

Went from 21 c to 3 ... and it’s only 9:30 pm lol

[farmaholic]

Went from 21 c to 3 ... and it’s only 9:30 pm lol

Ya, I thought the same thing when I saw the forecast high for today and the overnight low, I thought that's quite the swing.
Probably very little heat radiating from the ground yet to keep over night temps up.

[furrowtickler]

Ya, I thought the same thing when I saw the forecast high for today and the overnight low, I thought that's quite the swing.
Probably very little heat radiating from the ground yet to keep over night temps up.

It will be -4 to -5 by morning again
I had to laugh the other day , NB environment Canada showed plus 3 , it was -3 here
4 miles away lol
And where do the “temps” come from for this climate change B/s ??
Sorry for the rant , but this is ridiculous already that we are being fed this b/s constant. But real world here shows , extremely short growing seasons the past few years ..... absolutely a fact by crop left out and C4 plants like corn and soybeans not yielding or maturing let alone cool season crops like canola.
3 million ac not harvested last fall
A full 7 days mid May frosts.. when the fudge will people realize how the blinds have been pulled ? When it freezes every single month ? Not just 11 like last year ??

[furrowtickler]

[SASKFARMER]

But to a city voter that Trudeau has paid for everything its party on dude. CBC CTV would spin it in a positive way. There will be no mosquitos today.

Canada is ****ed.

[farmaholic]

Warm southern air is on it's way. Overnight lows approaching double digits.....increase the carbon tax on the Canadian Prairies, Global Warming is looming.