Well another week has gone and only 1.5 inches since the last report.
Right after the riders win about a couple hours later we got hit with a driving wind and lots and lots of water. Creeks running areas in crop turning white that once were green. Flowers on canola dropping and lots of blanks for the week.
Enough is enough.
Funny Mother Nature is picking winners and losers this year again.
My worst fields in spring now look decent and some of my best she hit with hail. Ah she can be such a Bitch some times.
So here we go.
Peas we started to desiccate yesterday, these are the seed for 2017 if I continue to grow peas. This field was also hit very hard with flooded areas, recovered a bit but no bin buster. Today another half section will die. Remainder was standing so nice real healthy plus prodded great, but since last Friday's ugly weather it's all facing East and a foot tall.
HRS is filling nice with some of the biggest heads I have seen in a while. Filling 8 rows but the Fuz police are out and odd kernel on a few heads plus some white heads. Could be a maggot also. Glad we dropped our 5603 and stuck with Carbery Cardale Goodeve and Brandon looks like the winner for 2017. Have one 80 acre field sprayed at flag and then back again at heading and still odd Fuz.
Canola is either finished flowering or just starting shut down. We are week later than most but 2016 the early bird will win the Canola race in our area. Later has a lot of shit going on. Excess rain takes flowers like heat. Time will tell but average for later real great for early and maybe above for real late seeded. Hail damaged fields didn't respond to bandage help. Flowering stopped as it was at end of cycle. Sad part it looked so nice before the hail.
Barley I don't know or can't guess what it will yield as heads are unbelievably long. But the driving rain and excess rain have twisted the crop and only partial recovery happened. A bit of fuzz is also showing up. The malt game will be won by the grain companies as why pay when the world is awash in feed. Yours is nice your feed they have a pick of the best and don't need to pay.
Durum that was double sprayed fungicide but is thinner is holding on not bad. Won't be huge yield but maybe that's helping.
Oats in area is nice some very late just heading some flat and some not bad at all.
Flax looks good on fields that are well drained. Most done flowering.
One corn field still looks nice and tall.
Soy are ok but not like last year. Hard rains and constant rain maybe effecting them a little.
Lentils well let's just say I told you not to grow them. Crop insurance will be in the hook for lots and lots of claims. 12 or 25 at best but 25 is in good part of the field.
Pastures look like you should have more cows in there since that grass is getting ahead of them. Hay cutting has happened and the few days with no rain guys are getting it baled up.
So the bumper that was promised in June will maybe happen for a few. If Mother Nature cooperates or has been kind to you. Lentils and peas don't like water and recovered canola that bloomed from early floods now is in some cases sitting in water. Hrs and barley and oats show promise but watch the protein premium that should be available this fall will be taken and not paid to us.
Prices are tanking as why pay you Mr farmer for your crop when it's easy to take it sooner or later from you. Over producing is so so great. Pea contract done last winter and now the remaining dumped in pit will pay similar to last falls price across the board. So yield was great last year this year maybe similar and paid the same. Winning. Not a chance as all products used to spray peas went up in price because we were all growing them. Lentils if you have good quality hang on or fill some ones contract that has none .
Barley they will win since why pay excess for malt as what's your choice a dollar more or feed.
Ah farming where the real winner is every one above you in the chain.
So have a safe and great week and remember the ones at home are way more important than any fricking crop.
Right after the riders win about a couple hours later we got hit with a driving wind and lots and lots of water. Creeks running areas in crop turning white that once were green. Flowers on canola dropping and lots of blanks for the week.
Enough is enough.
Funny Mother Nature is picking winners and losers this year again.
My worst fields in spring now look decent and some of my best she hit with hail. Ah she can be such a Bitch some times.
So here we go.
Peas we started to desiccate yesterday, these are the seed for 2017 if I continue to grow peas. This field was also hit very hard with flooded areas, recovered a bit but no bin buster. Today another half section will die. Remainder was standing so nice real healthy plus prodded great, but since last Friday's ugly weather it's all facing East and a foot tall.
HRS is filling nice with some of the biggest heads I have seen in a while. Filling 8 rows but the Fuz police are out and odd kernel on a few heads plus some white heads. Could be a maggot also. Glad we dropped our 5603 and stuck with Carbery Cardale Goodeve and Brandon looks like the winner for 2017. Have one 80 acre field sprayed at flag and then back again at heading and still odd Fuz.
Canola is either finished flowering or just starting shut down. We are week later than most but 2016 the early bird will win the Canola race in our area. Later has a lot of shit going on. Excess rain takes flowers like heat. Time will tell but average for later real great for early and maybe above for real late seeded. Hail damaged fields didn't respond to bandage help. Flowering stopped as it was at end of cycle. Sad part it looked so nice before the hail.
Barley I don't know or can't guess what it will yield as heads are unbelievably long. But the driving rain and excess rain have twisted the crop and only partial recovery happened. A bit of fuzz is also showing up. The malt game will be won by the grain companies as why pay when the world is awash in feed. Yours is nice your feed they have a pick of the best and don't need to pay.
Durum that was double sprayed fungicide but is thinner is holding on not bad. Won't be huge yield but maybe that's helping.
Oats in area is nice some very late just heading some flat and some not bad at all.
Flax looks good on fields that are well drained. Most done flowering.
One corn field still looks nice and tall.
Soy are ok but not like last year. Hard rains and constant rain maybe effecting them a little.
Lentils well let's just say I told you not to grow them. Crop insurance will be in the hook for lots and lots of claims. 12 or 25 at best but 25 is in good part of the field.
Pastures look like you should have more cows in there since that grass is getting ahead of them. Hay cutting has happened and the few days with no rain guys are getting it baled up.
So the bumper that was promised in June will maybe happen for a few. If Mother Nature cooperates or has been kind to you. Lentils and peas don't like water and recovered canola that bloomed from early floods now is in some cases sitting in water. Hrs and barley and oats show promise but watch the protein premium that should be available this fall will be taken and not paid to us.
Prices are tanking as why pay you Mr farmer for your crop when it's easy to take it sooner or later from you. Over producing is so so great. Pea contract done last winter and now the remaining dumped in pit will pay similar to last falls price across the board. So yield was great last year this year maybe similar and paid the same. Winning. Not a chance as all products used to spray peas went up in price because we were all growing them. Lentils if you have good quality hang on or fill some ones contract that has none .
Barley they will win since why pay excess for malt as what's your choice a dollar more or feed.
Ah farming where the real winner is every one above you in the chain.
So have a safe and great week and remember the ones at home are way more important than any fricking crop.
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