Storms ...

[furrowtickler]

SW of Battlefords



West of Rosetown

[Sodbuster]

That’s a fantastic picture of a lightning strike, glad it’s not in my yard yet.

[Sodbuster]

SW of Battlefords



West of Rosetown

Just add some spiced rum and Pepsi, will help relieve stress.

[sawfly1]

I was watching that one , but it went east
Of us. With that kind of heat , look out.
As it tracked south of Bigger, it just exploded.
Figured there had something nasty

[furrowtickler]

[shtferbrains]

Have you seen twisters like that before in that country?
We have had some plow winds and swaths blow around.
One year blew all the hay swaths into the bush but never seen a twister.

[shtferbrains]

Hopefully we get a little more rain this week as we have only had about 2 in total.
Everything looks good but be nice to add a little reserve.
In this country you have to be carefull what you ask for as it can fill the ditches.

[furrowtickler]

Have you seen twisters like that before in that country?
We have had some plow winds and swaths blow around.
One year blew all the hay swaths into the bush but never seen a twister.

Seen this coming at 6:30 am this morning ...


Hailed right up the west side of that convergence line and twister on the west side and Center

Big Temp difference and wind change
Classic set up

[RD414]

Ive seen those rope twisters in the Biggar Rosetown area before and there was one around 6 this evening. It went thru a neighbors yard, took out a fert bin, stripped a tin sheeted roof off an old shed and knocked over some 70 year old spruce trees. The house that was 50 feet away was untouched. They dont look like much but can do a lot of damage. We ended up with 1 inch down to nothing out of the system. Very appreciative for that.

[Guest]

how bad was the hail chuck?

[sumdumguy]

We drove up and back to Saskatoon yesterday. With a tail wind like that gas burned was nothing on way up. All fuel used was the drive back against the wind. Total usage 50 liters in 668 km. Gimme a Big Jeep, all day-everyday. Yuk-She-Myish.

Plant population looked generally patchy all the way up. The perimeters of many fields were gone, must have been eaten off. Wherever straw was dense, either poor emergence or cutworms left large blanks in field. Our poor Canola is still trying to find the narrowest crack in the crust where it can get some air. We are a long way from ground cover and it is mid June. No bumper out there, I’d say.

[furrowtickler]

West of Meota ...

[furrowtickler]

We drove up and back to Saskatoon yesterday. With a tail wind like that gas burned was nothing on way up. All fuel used was the drive back against the wind. Total usage 50 liters in 668 km. Gimme a Big Jeep, all day-everyday. Yuk-She-Myish.

Plant population looked generally patchy all the way up. The perimeters of many fields were gone, must have been eaten off. Wherever straw was dense, either poor emergence or cutworms left large blanks in field. Our poor Canola is still trying to find the narrowest crack in the crust where it can get some air. We are a long way from ground cover and it is mid June. No bumper out there, I’d say.

Would have to agree , be average at best with perfect conditions going forward
This crop in general was seeded slightly earlier but that cold May, frost and bug damage set most back at least 10 days or more
Going to need a frost free August and into early September in many areas

[furrowtickler]

Reality of farming ...
anyone who thinks farming is easy has absolutely no clue .

[GDR]

This was green canola yesterday. I have 450ac just like that. The hail was so big and hard that it went right into the dirt. Field would be white in the picture but all the stones are muddy. West of Olds/Didsbury yesterday.