Harvest Still Feels Very Far Away
Fungicide season is over (mostly), insect populations seem to be on the decline, and our seeding equipment is cleaned up and put away. Our harvesting equipment is mostly ready to…
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.
Summer Storms and Narrow Misses
By all accounts, there is a great looking crop out there. In some form or another, most farmers around here have said these words, with the makings of an excellent…
Too Many Storms, Not Enough Time
It has been a summer of storms… and summer has barely started. I write this as yet another storms deluges us with rain, a raging downpour that changes our already…
The Farm Life is a Wonderful Life
If you have read my previous post (The Marathon Concludes… For Now), you know that seeding has been completed and we are well into in-crop spraying. This is a fascinating…
The Marathon Concludes… For Now
It was a long road. Sometimes exhilarating, often frustrating, and consistently exhausting, the 2013 planting season has finally drawn to a close. It is Thursday, June 13, and we “officially”…
Could’ve Been Worse
The rain event we needed came on Monday. The rain event we needed to avoid came on Thursday. Yes, the rain that was forecast reared its ugly head early Thursday…
The Swinging of the Pendulum
The rain I have been waiting for has arrived. Yesterday morning I awoke at my usual time, 5:15 am, to get ready to go spraying. As was usual of late,…
The Rain Conundrum
We have now reached the 2/3rds mark on our seeding progress. I feel that this is acceptable, given that we only started seeding two weeks ago, but I can’t help…