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With the rain last week and the heat we are currently experiencing- the crops are really starting to advance. We had some frost again early last week which did do some minor damage to canola, but nothing significant. Overnight lows in the minus 3C range and daytime highs in the mid to upper teens at […]

We had between 8-10 cm of snow 36 hours after we finished seeding. Not necessarily the type of precipitation we were looking for, but with it as dry as it is, we will take anything we can get! This likely translated into 10-12mm of actual moisture once melted. Then on Sunday, we had some follow-up

This was a fairly relaxed planting season – outside of freezing temperatures, and some windy days – we had only one brief delay from showers. The ability to seed virtually corner to corner made for a very efficient time in the field – no low/wet areas to have to drive around. Very fortunate to have

Been a good run over the last week, we made significant progress. With the dry conditions, there are no wet spots to drive around and that makes for an efficient day! The early seeded cereals are starting to come out of the ground – some seed is stranded but the majority was seeded into moisture.

Just over a week into seeding and we are at 45% complete. We have 77% of the wheat done, 58% of the barley, 36% of the canola, and all the oats are in the ground. This is very early compared to normal – not too many years ago we were just getting started around this