Good Beach Weather Does Not Grow Good Crops
While 30 degree days are wonderful out on the lake, they are critically damaging to growing crops. In a dry year like this one, moderate temperatures are sorely needed.
Category: The Life of Growing Crops
The growing season is an amazing time of the year. So many things can happen that can devastate our crops, from hail, to wind, to excess rain, to frost; and they can all happen in the same year. Learn the day-to-day life of a Saskatchewan farmer here.
The Legacy of Years of Excess Moisture
For the first time in quite a few years, 2015 is shaping up to be a little on the drier side. Despite the drier bias, the effects of excess moisture still linger, with failing roads, full sloughs and a disturbing rise in soil salinity.
Seeding 2015 in Pictures
For the last number of years, seeding has been a sprint to the finish. Difficult weather conditions, with constant rain in the forecast, pushed us to hammer the crop in…
Seeding 2015 Has So Far Been An Odd Experience
After years of frustrating, stressful and intense seeding seasons, 2015 has been oddly relaxing – relatively speaking. Dry, warm weather has been a nice change of pace so far this year.
Welcome to Hell Week
Hell Week. The final week of preparation before seeding begins. A week of increasingly furious and, well, frantic work in a frenetic push to try and be ready to go…
Never Stop Learning
How do farmers keep up with these changing trends? How do they stay ahead of the technology curve, and somehow stay fluid and profitable at the same time? The key is really rather simple: farmers never stop learning.
Farming Constantly Changes – And That’s A Good Thing
Good times can’t go on forever – but neither can bad times. Even at the worst of the low grain prices in the early 2000’s, when all hope seemed lost, when it seemed like farming would never recover – it did. And, even when it seemed like we could never keep up with a growing world, when it seemed like crazy, volatile weather would forever curtail our ability to grow large crops – we did.
What Do Farmers Do After Harvest?
The end of harvest may bring a huge sigh of relief, but it doesn’t mean that the work is over.