This video is actually from a couple of weeks (or more) ago. I forgot it was in the camera but better late than never. It shows the interesting process of getting ready and actually harrow packing a field of oats.
Today those oats are up and growing reasonably well considering the almost zero rain we have had this spring. No doubt due to the now obsolete practice of summerfallowing this field will have moisture reserves that should allow it to at least produce some kind of a crop if it continues to "not rain". Cattle producers are really concerned as pastures fail to keep up and feed is expensive or impossible to buy.
Things can always be worse but man it is discouraging to have put money in the ground and then nature fails to co-operate with rain.
I've prayed a couple times that you would get the rain you needed. They say that we set some kind of a record here for a wet May, but I didn't see it.
ReplyDeleteThanks Gorges. So far we are setting records in the other direction. Driest April to June yet.
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