Well its been a fun week, we were able to get in the field and start peas on Friday what a wonderful 6 hours. But hey the seed for next year is in the bin. Then on Saturday and Sunday and finally ending on Monday we received 75 mm of rain. Creeks are running again and water that had dried up in sloughs or flats was back. Swathing or harvesting through mud. To some that say quit complaining look at Larry Webbers map this is 8 years of flooding. It gets to you its just not been one or two years.
Ok here is the crop report.
After the floods on the weekend Tuesday morning was a bit on the crispy side and some very low areas maybe saw frost. Neighbours corn has a funny yellow area about the size of a big barn yellow and brown leaves.
Our weather station at farm showed plus 3 was the lowest.
Soy is in the final days of flowering and is beginning to fill its pods. Lots more pods than last year and again like other weeks is two weeks ahead of last year. Looks good when you walk in them. Time will tell if they do better than last two years but the heavy rain and heat is what they need. They got the heavy rain now two days of heat was nice. Pods are filling nice. It is nice to see plants right up to flooded area were water sat.
HRS and Durum. Their is fusarium in the area, its later than normal for us but will effect yields by some 15 to 40 percent depending on seeding date and maturity level at time of infection. Spraying or not is all over the map one guy didn't and its at the 40 percent next guy who seeded later and didn't probably has less than 5 percent damage. Simply its in the area so use your combine as a cleaner and let the shitty kernels head out the back. Most have started to desiccate their crops. No one is swathing in this area due to rain except the really ripe fields that could go in a day or two and will be dried. Most are 14 days away from strait cutting going on in general.
Late wheat looks real good but will it make it. Early is good and stuff seeded around the may long has water issues from spring and the June floods.
Peas are the shit show of crops this year. Fields have been worked down, yes hail damaged from July 5 but also from flooding and crop insurance writing them off. Real good fields now look flat on the ground due to last weekends heavy rain and now the Geese have started their arrival. Did see a few northern but its early not sure why their here. Yields any where from high of 35 to 3 to 5 an acre average will be low.
Lentils are basically in the same boat.
Flax the early thin fields are turning color and filling the few balls they have, very thin on real bad flooded fields. The thick well drained are twisted up bad but thick and filling not bad. Not as good as last year but ok.
Oats the early is about ready to desiccate or swath, it looks real nice, the late is starting to show signs of turning and actually last weeks heat did help speed it up. Oats wont be like last year but will be good.
Barley the early fields are either being strait cut or in the process of swathing and taking in three days. Might beat the rain on Friday or Saturday. Some will go today and dry or aerate. Late is thick with huge heads but its late, also the later is way dirty than the early fields probably because spraying was taking place at time we had the June floods. Late needs two weeks.
Silage operations are happening all over.
Haying is done with some second cuts taking place.
So to sum up the week that ended. Its been every thing from hot to major rain to almost freezing to hot. Ah you have to love Saskatchewan weather. Still go with mother nature decides who gets a crop and who doesn't.
It will be a crop better than the 2010 flood year but yields are probably close to half to a third of last year.
Its the beginning of a farmers most dangerous, stressful, fun time of the year. Be careful out their and enjoy what ever hand you have been dealt.
Ok here is the crop report.
After the floods on the weekend Tuesday morning was a bit on the crispy side and some very low areas maybe saw frost. Neighbours corn has a funny yellow area about the size of a big barn yellow and brown leaves.
Our weather station at farm showed plus 3 was the lowest.
Soy is in the final days of flowering and is beginning to fill its pods. Lots more pods than last year and again like other weeks is two weeks ahead of last year. Looks good when you walk in them. Time will tell if they do better than last two years but the heavy rain and heat is what they need. They got the heavy rain now two days of heat was nice. Pods are filling nice. It is nice to see plants right up to flooded area were water sat.
HRS and Durum. Their is fusarium in the area, its later than normal for us but will effect yields by some 15 to 40 percent depending on seeding date and maturity level at time of infection. Spraying or not is all over the map one guy didn't and its at the 40 percent next guy who seeded later and didn't probably has less than 5 percent damage. Simply its in the area so use your combine as a cleaner and let the shitty kernels head out the back. Most have started to desiccate their crops. No one is swathing in this area due to rain except the really ripe fields that could go in a day or two and will be dried. Most are 14 days away from strait cutting going on in general.
Late wheat looks real good but will it make it. Early is good and stuff seeded around the may long has water issues from spring and the June floods.
Peas are the shit show of crops this year. Fields have been worked down, yes hail damaged from July 5 but also from flooding and crop insurance writing them off. Real good fields now look flat on the ground due to last weekends heavy rain and now the Geese have started their arrival. Did see a few northern but its early not sure why their here. Yields any where from high of 35 to 3 to 5 an acre average will be low.
Lentils are basically in the same boat.
Flax the early thin fields are turning color and filling the few balls they have, very thin on real bad flooded fields. The thick well drained are twisted up bad but thick and filling not bad. Not as good as last year but ok.
Oats the early is about ready to desiccate or swath, it looks real nice, the late is starting to show signs of turning and actually last weeks heat did help speed it up. Oats wont be like last year but will be good.
Barley the early fields are either being strait cut or in the process of swathing and taking in three days. Might beat the rain on Friday or Saturday. Some will go today and dry or aerate. Late is thick with huge heads but its late, also the later is way dirty than the early fields probably because spraying was taking place at time we had the June floods. Late needs two weeks.
Silage operations are happening all over.
Haying is done with some second cuts taking place.
So to sum up the week that ended. Its been every thing from hot to major rain to almost freezing to hot. Ah you have to love Saskatchewan weather. Still go with mother nature decides who gets a crop and who doesn't.
It will be a crop better than the 2010 flood year but yields are probably close to half to a third of last year.
Its the beginning of a farmers most dangerous, stressful, fun time of the year. Be careful out their and enjoy what ever hand you have been dealt.
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