Again As Drought looms Why doesnt Canada Report Crop Conditions!

[furrowtickler]

On Sunday I drove from NB to Birch hills , back through Spiritwood - 540 km - spotted a handful of canola fields that you could see rows - just east of NB on hwy 40 , the rest of the way - not one . 75% were reseeded and the rest were as said above post - nothin visable at all

[freewheat]

Yeah it is slow. And it depends on what it was seeded with too. My twelve inch spacing canola in heavy straw seeded May 20th, is not visible, even though it is 2 leaf stage. My recreation tillage neighbor you can start to see it, because there is not a lick of straw, and narrower spacing so there is no real high furrow hump.

But stuff is so slow, considering excellent sub surface moisture and generally quite warm conditions. I have been pondering that myself.

[sk_wheatking]

finding canola seeds that were seeded into moisture that never germinated makes a guy wonder, how much seed went out this year that has been returned to the dealer for 2,3 or 4 years because of the excess moisture conditions across sask. Yeah I know they test it and whatever, blah blah blah. Klause said it himself on here the coating kills the germ after time or severly reduces it. But I guess the seed companies know better than anyone.

[wmoebis]

I was wondering if any farmer ever did a germ test at an independent lab on cert seed.

[Hopperbin]

So they give us free seed on a disaster so to shut us up????????? Cheaper than a lawyer.

[farmaholic]

Thats why you always buy the newest and therefore the best therefore the most expensive to ensure the freshest. ...

[fjlip]

After the 2/10" some canola germed but was stranded with a dry layer below, it's DEAD now. So sad. Most in the area is 75% emerged and visible from the road, so all is good I guess, might as well lower the prices. And USDA, wonderful report, after all the SHIT that happened to the plains, DROUGHT then FLOOD, lots of wheat to f*ck world prices up with!

[farmaholic]

Does the auto industry or clothing manufacturing industry or food processing industry have "reports" to **** with their prices?

Primary Ag Production....why is it SOOO important everybody knows whats going on?

If I was granted one wish for all Primary Ag Producers, it would be for enough financial strength and power to say "**** off", wet dry shortage or abundance. Pipe dream.

[Horse]

farmaholic We had those powers until someone decided they could corner the market but thier pockets wernt deep enough SO they turned to the bankers and chem co and machine dealers and signed away all rights of independane just so they could be the big dog and crap on the big pile. And thats alright to be someone elses bitch but they are draging all us smaller independents down the toilet with them.

[Braveheart]

Why is reporting in ag prevalent? Because it's food. Food security is obviously important to nations. Nothing causes chaos, rebellion and anarchy faster than empty stomachs.