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Figured I would start a thread for us farmers to talk. This will be a thread to share ideas, ask questions we may have, share the years progress, and of course, whine about the weather. :d
We just hit 4900 acres seeded. Only 600 more to go!

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how many acres do you farm total?
 

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Will finish the last of 4500 acres tonight. We need rain badly!! Went from having to split the air cart about twenty times so we could pull everything out to begging for rain. Lol typical.
Haha I hear ya. It keeps raining here, so there's no shortage of moisture here.... yet.
I dont deal with canola but do buy a fair bit of organic spring wheat for local and European markets. Price has been strong but as of last week it took a tumble because Russia released it's export ban due to last years drought. Will be interesting to watch what happens this year.
It will definitely be an interesting year.
what are you guys using for drills?

we are still wet as can be. dries up enough to get almost a full day in the fields and then rains us back out. lol

We have a P2060 60 foot slim fold flexicoil with a P1060 flexicoil 430bushel air cart.
 

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nice drills.

so you guys plant wall to wall every year huh

that would be pretty nice. lol

Sure do. It just makes sense.

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Sure do. It just makes sense.

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unless you don't have the moisture to get a crop up:rolleyes:.

what yields do you guys normally average?

winter wheat we are anywhere from 70-110bu
spring wheat 30-50bu
barley .75-2 tons
canola-.............well thats just crap shoot. either really good or not so good at all.:rolleyes:
 

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unless you don't have the moisture to get a crop up:rolleyes:.

what yields do you guys normally average?

winter wheat we are anywhere from 70-110bu
spring wheat 30-50bu
barley .75-2 tons
canola-.............well thats just crap shoot. either really good or not so good at all.:rolleyes:

We don't do winter wheat.
Red spring wheat usually averages 50-70.
Canola.... pretty much what you said Haha. Usually averages 25-40

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what are you guys using for drills?

we are still wet as can be. dries up enough to get almost a full day in the fields and then rains us back out. lol

55 feet of Bourgault 5710 midrow band and 440 aircart.
 

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Ah crap. It's spitting here.

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Couple years ago I pick up a sled for a buddy south of Fort Macloed . The fellow I got the sled from worked for a farmer that seeding over 100,000 acres. There was 16 combines lined up in a row - was impressed!

That would be Yak Heneger. He is the largest farmer in Canada. He told me that he has the personal cell number of the CEO of John Deere and he answers it when Yak calls. I heard he may have switched over to red now though. :(
 

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Couple years ago I pick up a sled for a buddy south of Fort Macloed . The fellow I got the sled from worked for a farmer that seeding over 100,000 acres. There was 16 combines lined up in a row - was impressed!

is it just me or are you not supposed to be using a seed drill when seeding and a combine when harvesting??????????? just sayin :dlol
 

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They did change to red - dont think theres 16 of them in the pic - there could have been a few more in row behind.
 

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Not bad for a case! :d welcome to the farm scene!

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I dont think polarice is "new" to the collecting scene......

By the way underdog thanks for starting this thread. It will be intresting to keep up with your guys progress, condition, and weather
 

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That would be Yak Heneger. He is the largest farmer in Canada. He told me that he has the personal cell number of the CEO of John Deere and he answers it when Yak calls. I heard he may have switched over to red now though. :(

IIs that the guy that farms on the Blood reserve??
 

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I dont think polarice is "new" to the collecting scene......

By the way underdog thanks for starting this thread. It will be intresting to keep up with your guys progress, condition, and weather

I figured it would be a good place to bs with other farmers.

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I figured it would be a good place to bs with other farmers.

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What's the weather in the valley for the weekend.....hoping to do the 11 bridges up to Wayne for a steak sammi
 

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What's the weather in the valley for the weekend.....hoping to do the 11 bridges up to Wayne for a steak sammi

It's supposed to be nice. But who knows. Today was supposed to be nice to, but it rained.

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