Crops are progressing good. Cooler temperatures have been holding back growth but the moisture has been welcome. We have sprayed our north cereals with growth regulator – where we have been getting more rain – thinking with the fertilizer residual carryover from last year we could run into a lodging issue. Had a storm blow […]
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It’s officially spray season – time to watch the radar and the wind meter… We were fortunate to get some showers through the week – a few mm here and there – and then yesterday some heavy showers moved in and we got between 15mm and 24mm around the shop and up north but only
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So, did we get rain? Well we will have to wait to see what happens. The forecast on Sunday actually increased the rainfall amounts they were calling for. Then, overnight, the rain was diminished to a negligible amount. Most of the rain is now forecast for Northern Saskatchewan and most of Alberta. We will have
Sending out a weekend update – some rain is in the forecast for next week. Some weather models are calling for significant rain to fall while others are more moderate on there amounts. We don’t want a big deluge of rain, but would like enough rain to make an impact to our subsoil moisture levels.
It sure feels good to have the crop in the ground. I am still amazed at how quickly we were able to get the crop seeded when conditions were good. Thinking back on the 19th of May when we were barely 25% complete and we had just received 15-20mm of rain along with 3-4″ of
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