As the Book says there is a time for everything under heaven. It is time to sow. Now if heaven would stop opening up we could get on with it south of Regina.
I know it’s not raining everywhere in the West, and this year is far better than last in many respects, however we just stroked durum off the list for 2011. Lots of flax, oats and barley and maybe some canola might be in order as seeding slides rapidly towards June.
For producers in Saskatchewan’s soggy east-central and southeastern regions getting started in the fields has been dependant on being able to stay on top of the ground. Many areas of Manitoba have similar issues.
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Triples and tracks seem to spell success for many growers this year.
Western Producer reporter Ron Lyseng took a look at a lot of track systems this spring. The latest he has written about is the Soucy systems that are mounted on Kent Hanmer’s seeding gear at Govan, Sask.
From the story: Tracks can make the difference between seeding and not seeding, a Saskatchewan farmer found last year. Kent Hanmer of Govan started the year with no rubber tracks. Today, every implement that goes to the field is tracked. Wet conditions last spring prevented Hanmer from seeding 5,000 of his 22,000 acres. He ran a Seed Hawk 800-bushel air cart equipped with 30.5 x 32 duals, just about the biggest duals available anywhere. You can connect to the story here.
