Well finally yesterday afternoon after a long long wait the harvest resumed. Nothing for 9 Days.
We are just approaching the 25% complete mark. No one moved for 9 to 10 days thanks to showers and odd heavy rain plus pea size hail.
Were wet again. But this year is different that the ground still can hold up equipment for the most part and trucks can still use the odd back road.
HRS is the crop most are working on getting done. Yields are like I said Awesome on dryer ground then fade and finally the shits where it flooded back in late may and june. It will be a average wheat crop grading #2 with min Protein unless you juiced the crop a bit. Fuz is present but those that sprayed are rewarded those that didn't have lower yields. Yesterdays harvest showed the grain still has a bit of colour but one more rain event and it will not. Most who didn't go yesterday because it was tough are switching back to wheat today.
Durum Yields are good on most but grades not.
Flax most sprayed or just getting sprayed and only one swath.
Oats are getting swath or sprayed depending on what the guys choice is. Looks really big yields.
Barley is 90% off and most are playing the Malt game. Its such a game.
Soy is starting to drop leaf and whats there is a surprise, nice pods and taller than last few years. time will tell. No real killing frost yet.
Canola most is swath or sprayed and only problem of late is pea hail storms. They puff up swaths and take standing yields. Yesterday guys were going on strait it was just dry and swaths were about a point higher. Yields are like wheat Awesome where its dryer ground then fades as you get to flooded areas and finally no yield there. It will be a average to maybe a bit above. No one really has started Canola in a big way.
Corn is filling and its getting that fall look.
Pastures are down to a 8 but still look good for this time of year. Some green feed later seeded still getting baled.
Elevators are getting Cars in decent time and loading out. If you have a contract in place delivery is not a problem at all so far.
Nothing really to bitch about this week as Competition Board will rubber stamp all big deals effecting ag. Monsanto Bayer Stamp it looks good. Agrium potash stamp it seems fair.
And the Companies win farmers lose out. It seems like a fair trade deal.
Parts are ready back out this morning looks like a 3 day window is open time to roll.
Be safe and remember the ones at home are way more important than this crop that the rest will all get a bigger piece of your pie than you.
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