Well another week has come and gone in dear old Saskatchewan. Sell the phone company if you get enough to pay off our debt. Not operating debt but provincial debt. Then lets see what saskatchewan is all about. The only province in Shit hole Canada with no debt. Hm Whats the interest on that debt now more than any amount sasktel sends the gov now.
Ah but that isn't a crop report thats money and what should be done. Kind of like the Grain companies caught with their pants down at their ankles and china is having its way. See on a farm if we had a problem we go borrow or take from savings or sc**** up the cash some way and add the piece needed to our operation to get the job done. Grain companies cry and have groups like the Canola council saying farmer are hurt because we got caught. Tongue in cheek.
Get off your wads and spend some serious cash to get this fixed. Watch the next thing will be Prince Trudeau saying its not my job to sell your Canola. Hm history does repeat.
Ok we were able to harvest some this week so driving up and down had time to think.
Last week harvest progressed to 11% complete thanks to some L U C K that we missed the rain. East of us yesterday 2 inches north 1 in and us mist.
HRS most is desiccated or getting done now. Frost would not be a issue on most fields now. Its a nice crop of HRS but probably won't top as our largest. Smaller seeds and FUZ. Set combines and turn up the wind blow some of the light shit out the back.
Durum is a shit show. Proved this year again to my self we have to part ways. Sprayed with in crop fungicide 1/2 then a week or two later at flag and then back at head. It will grade a 5. So to all those that believe rain makes grain F$%^K you. Excess water is a crop killer. One half section in our area sprayed late after head and flower is almost 50% gone.
Canola we finally got started yesterday. Some early fields have been down a couple weeks and one was harvested. But it was blooming farm progress show in June. Canola will be a average since you have areas where it flooded in June and these are thin and sick canola. The hill tops or higher areas are real nice. So a average at best. Tall canola so can cut high and have a good anchor. Now I am going to call something and some might not like to hear this. We strait cut canola since the first test bag was seeded on our farm years ago. Every year we tried it. Now yes we are wet so maybe that is some of the problem One thing i do like about the varieties is leave them till 90% colour change and then swath. Awesome swath and yield and grade oh and no rotten canola. Spray crop helps. Now this year our area and lots of others have regrowth weeds etc coming plus excess rain. Do some wonder how well strait cutting will be in MUD. In fields where the canopy is thick won't dry out and even if you spray and rains continue you will have green areas growing in your crop. Im just thinking that lots could be harvesting higher moisture canola and have issues later on in winter just because some Genius said lets sell the swathers and strait cut the shit. Just saying sometimes experts are wrong. Good luck and lets here your stories for us we will swath the 600 plus acres of strait cut at 90+% colour change.
Peas most are harvested or just getting finished. Geese are here and taking their cut just like the mob. Phone crop insurance and get paid for this wildlife shit show that needs two hunting seasons already. Spring early and fall. Yields are lower than some thought and if no disease or issues big yield. So unfortunately on a larger amount of seeded area its a average of good great awesome and the shits. Watch how the companies had $10 peas last winter for some of your crop are now getting the over supply at $7 on idea that its so huge its amazing bull shit. Now MR farmer your average price is same as last year $8.50. Ah marketing its amazing how that happens.
Lentils have been hearing some real big yields. I can set my header at 10 ft wide also. Not saying the 45 plus are possible but every single thing had to have gone right including missing rains down pours and disease. But most are getting 5 12 21 25 and then the 45. So lentils have issues.
Corn just continues to amaze me. Looks like ND red river valley corn. Time will tell.
Soy like i said all year its not last years crop by any number some thing is wrong with color etc. Time will tell.
Flax if it was shit all year its shit if it was twisted from rain probably shit and if you lucked out it looks not bad but no bumper.
Oats looks good standing for some reason and filling nice. Kind of wish i would have grown a field or two again.
Barley most in area is off of just swath. Few strait cut and dry the second growth. Initial crop is dry but all rain have created a new sea of green. Time will tell on Malt but early yields are way way over the top. Its the year of barley yield. 2/3 in Bin and I can honestly say its our largest Barley crop ever per acre. Like combining oats. Last 1/3 only had mist so might go sooner than later.
Hay second cut or first cut is Awesome if you have good timing and luck out between rains. If you get caught your screwed. Pastures are a 10.
So the fall of no change in weather patterns is upon us. Nice nice nice rain nice nice Down pour. Ah maybe the dryers will really be needed this year. Rain in excess destroys crops and some in Media and Grain companies and Salesman just don't get that Water logged fields aren't bin busters there a night mare. Funny all those big commercials earlier in year get your fall supplies now we will be sold out still have lots and lots of product left. If only farmers could Bull shit and get away with shit like most of the others that need us to Survive.
So to all have a safe harvest and remember that ones at home are way more important than this fracking crop that every one will take a piece and leave you with the scraps.
To the Rural resident that won the $60 Mill good on you enjoy your life its really about to change, Good luck.
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