Farmer talk

[kenvb]

i thought all farmers were poor and could not afford the internet:d

i lived on old dairy farm near Barrhead for 13 yrs a ex electronics engineer 70 yr old farmer neighbor built a dish and a reciever in house for satillte TV and internet,brags how it doesnt cost a cent? im not expert.no idea if can be done.

 

[sledneck__11]

Im seeding and there are flea beetles on my windshield can only imagine what a ch!t show spraying is going to be once the crop emerges if its still the dry its gunna be half stunned and not grow then get attacked by those little pricks

 

[snopro]

It’s a bugs life out there it seems

 

[kovs]

Im seeding and there are flea beetles on my windshield can only imagine what a ch!t show spraying is going to be once the crop emerges if its still the dry its gunna be half stunned and not grow then get attacked by those little pricks

Keep your bugs up there

They aren’t to far from here cleaning off volunteer canola. We didn’t have problems last yr in this area. Fingers crossed


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[snopro]

Just seeding Canola today to wind up
Seeding. Guys are scratching it in and praying for rain. Moisture is down a couple inches so that won’t go well.

 

[Mountainman52]

Just seeding Canola today to wind up
Seeding. Guys are scratching it in and praying for rain. Moisture is down a couple inches so that won’t go well.

Kenny do your rain dance.........same one you use for the snow dance sure could use some rain.......

 

[snopro]

Kenny do your rain dance.........same one you use for the snow dance sure could use some rain.......

It’s been a while buddy. Can you show me how again?

 

[jhurkot]

Just seeding Canola today to wind up
Seeding. Guys are scratching it in and praying for rain. Moisture is down a couple inches so that won’t go well.

One year I seeded all my canola just a touch deep and had one pass where I didn't put the drill all the way into the ground and it was the best looking part of the whole field.

 

[snopro]

One year I seeded all my canola just a touch deep and had one pass where I didn't put the drill all the way into the ground and it was the best looking part of the whole field.

Yes canola doesn’t like to work for it

 

[Trashy]

They repaired the irrigation canal and turned water on. Big leaks still so they turned the water off again. The contractor working on it took all his equipment away on Friday and is now bringing it back as of yesterday. This is very bad as this is the water pipeline for feedlot alley. We are extremely dry and have had basically zero rain. Temperatures for the next 2 weeks are hot with little chance of rain. Here is all the area that is affected right now...

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Every coloured square or circle is supposed to be irrigation.

I was talking to an operator on that project yesterday in Macleod and he said the government cheaped out on the bed base, but more so on the liner. They were making holes as they were covering it. Knew it would fail as soon as the water was turned on

 

[jhurkot]

I was talking to an operator on that project yesterday in Macleod and he said the government cheaped out on the bed base, but more so on the liner. They were making holes as they were covering it. Knew it would fail as soon as the water was turned on

Sounds about right. Never enough money to do it right the first time, but always enough to do it right the second time.

 

[MK4TDI]

Sounds about right. Never enough money to do it right the first time, but always enough to do it right the second time.

Or the 3rd or 4th.

 

[smokinD]

Think this fits in this thread

 

[Trashy]

Thank you

 

[mclean]

Well damn. I was going to post a picture of the start to my green collection but it feels insignificant now.

What the heck haha.

 

[rknight111]

So i called that roy agra place in stony. Nope, they have the insecticide but you must be a registered potatoe growers and he said the stuff is potent and not to be sprayed with a pump sprayer need to very competent. Not going there as my stepfather dont wear a mask for par3 and they always say they feel like crap after. What else is effictive to kill potatoe beetles. It says safers soap where do you buy that

 

[sledneck__11]

We caight .5 to 1 inch or rain here thank the lord it was extrnelt dry just fired back up today to finish the last 3 quarters of canoa even got to raise the drill
Back up

 

[sethier]

So i called that roy agra place in stony. Nope, they have the insecticide but you must be a registered potatoe growers and he said the stuff is potent and not to be sprayed with a pump sprayer need to very competent. Not going there as my stepfather dont wear a mask for par3 and they always say they feel like crap after. What else is effictive to kill potatoe beetles. It says safers soap where do you buy that

I use this stuff for potato bugs. Bought at Canadian Tire but most gardening places carry it. Not residual. Has to contact the bug to kill it which can be tricky as they like to hide on the bottom side of the leaf. Seems to kill the egg clusters as well.


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[jhurkot]

Pics from the field…

Esma barley on irrigation

Yellow peas on dry land

Canola on irrigation

White proso millet on dry land

Canary seed on dry land


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[snopro]

Well at least your canola is out of the ground. Mine is sitting in dry dirt