Where's the grass?

[cowman]

In Central Alberta we have enough moisture for now, but it is so cold. It freezes every night. Sure is tough on the birds. Very few of them are laying eggs. One bluebird house I have has one egg in it.
Very little planting done here. A few guys got some wheat in before the snow came on the fifteenth. Probably a lot of wheat acres will be going into barley and canola.
Hay is in very short supply and no grass in sight. Cows and calves are starting to hit the mart and I guess it is becoming a stampede out east.
I am starting to think we need a little "global warming", at least here in Alberta!

[15444]

Any farmer who is sick of the weather in Alberta or SK should pack up and head to the Rainy River District. Here we are pretty happy to get into a drought. It rains here about once a week, and once every two weeks during one of our "droughts."
We have a local cattle sales barn which holds a spring sale and two fall sales every year. We have a very strong local feeder fincance co-op which makes sure that cattlemen get paid good money for their calves. On the October 3rd? weekend of last year we even had calf prices 15 -20 cents higher then in Winnipeg! This area is great for pasturing and haying, especially near the Lake of the Woods area. Grain has been tried in the area before on large scale, no success. However if you plant your conventonal crops here i.e Wheat, Barley, Oats & maybe rye, you should have no problems selling them because of the numerous small feedlots in the area. Lots of flowing water wells here too. 4-H along with many other cattle related organizations are alive and strong here. This district is also a ideal place to retire for the avid sportsman. Ask more specific questions to find out more about this great place!