Friday Crop Report on a Thursday!

[sawfly1]

Radar last night was north. It is trying here, anyway.
Better than 32 and wind

[jethro456]

These picks are making me jealous. Crops in southern Alberta need rain badly. I can see the bottom leaves burning off on cereals and canola already.
It’s never good going into July with no moisture

[Hopalong]

Seven and a half inches of rain since last week of May, much of it from pounding thunderstorms.
Etremely variable within a few miles.
Canola fields also variable with more poor looking fields than good ones.
Cereals considerably better looking.

[farming101]

Better than 32 and wind

Maybe Friday/Saturday

[SASKFARMER3]

We got a few weird rains yesterday. One just after noon rained 2mm out of nothing the sun was out.

Then later last night South if yard land got a good shower. Yard piss all.

Total since snow is 5.75 inches and funny thing this year no big down pours “Yet”.

Crops look great in our area and some spots not seeded in 17 years look like a 11 out of 10.

I feel we’re back to normal rainfall like we use to get. July turns the heat up and if you get a few showers at right time you look like a genius and get a good crop. This is normal weather I was talking about the flood years weren’t, a rain event like this weekend would park over us and go round and round. Four day totals would be over 6 inches, that wasn’t normal.

Hope every one gets a rain as droughts really suck.

[furrowtickler]

These picks are making me jealous. Crops in southern Alberta need rain badly. I can see the bottom leaves burning off on cereals and canola already.
It’s never good going into July with no moisture

2/3 of our canola dropped it bottom leaves 8-10 days ago . We caught a few tenths on last Tuesday, just enough to keep it alive.
We have a lot of small canola plants bolted/ flowering very small.
Up to an inch now this morning, so it will make a crop now but nodig crop overall at all in this pocket .
This radar shot from this morning shows the last 4 weeks ..

[WiltonRanch]

2/3 of our canola dropped it bottom leaves 8-10 days ago . We caught a few tenths on last Tuesday, just enough to keep it alive.
We have a lot of small canola plants bolted/ flowering very small.
Up to an inch now this morning, so it will make a crop now but nodig crop overall at all in this pocket .
This radar shot from this morning shows the last 4 weeks ..

Good to see you finally got a good rain. Got 3/10 here. Battleford looks wet. Doing the yearly Jackfish Lake campout. Nice crops in usual areas. Due for another trip to crooked bush. See how the hills at Whitkow look.

[farmaholic]

Early Manipulator results:





It might be a little early to distinguish but in the photo of the pull grader and mower....above the left side pull grader is the line between a pass with and without Manipulator.

In the other photo there appears to be a distinct line in the foreground and in the middle.

When its completely headed I will take pictures again

[Partners]

Can see the line..
Looks to be later though?

[farmaholic]

Can see the line..
Looks to be later though?

Yes it does Partners. First time I've ever used it so don't know what to expect. It may delay it a bit. Besides shortening the straw they claim it strengthens it too...we'll $ee. If the "wrong" weather comes along, torrential rain and crazy wind, I think it will still lodge...hopefully not as bad though...time will tell. The variety is Jathatia, a variety that is 16cm taller(too tall) than Carberry...we are moving away from it to Landmark....another midge tolerant variety that is supposedly semi-dwarf.