Some rain and some Skunked.

[SASKFARMER]

The bad thing with 1988 it did rain a good amount on June 23rd but then we had some come again and first plants headed early and filled.

It rained around exhibition week and thought wow we could do good.

Then it froze and the early germinated looked really nice combined with the later stuff that came at the end of June after the rain looked like shit and feed for you.

So Yea some times your the bug and some times the window.

Global cooling is so cool. Need long pants to be outside today.

[sumdumguy]

Both 1986 and 1988 were horribly dry in this area. In most 80’s, we sprayed Decis and Lorsban for grasshoppers in Lentils a few times, trying to save the Lentil blooms.

In 1988, aside from 2 or 3/10” showers, our 1 3/4 inch rain came July 19. The real problem in 1988 was the fact that the cereals never tillered and as soon as the header touched the stems, the material toppled over and fell under the header. A couple windy days laid down our 6 or 7 bushel an acre stand, we bought tiger-tooth sickle sections for our headers and limped through harvest that way. 6 - inch Lentils (some never saw the top of the toe of my work boot) yielded way better than Canary or wheat. Harvest was over before the second week of August.

Our neighbour, who always started seeding when we parked our discers, had a really nice crop of frozen everything. That fall, lentil prices sky rocketed and our 1987 ugly carry-over of X3 and #3 Laird Lentils brought 27 cents a pound intead of the 9 cents they were worth the winter before. Canaryseed prices also shot up. Those were the days when Canada ruled the roost in the Lentil market and we didn’t need Crop Insurance because a few bins full of Lentils and Canaryseed were our insurance. Kinda miss the good ole days of elastic prices but who knows, that could happen again if our competitors have a bad crop.

East of Regina: There’s some 10 inch-high winter wheat here heading out this week. I guess in a hundred day growing season, we are at the 35-day mark. The Lentils are standing like tough little soldiers 3-inches high while the wind batters them day after day. Durum - planted on Lentil stubble, in the 2 to 3 leaf stage, looks pretty good. A rain and cooler temperatures would work wonders, but I think the bin-buster might be gone.

Hope the saying, “Seed in dust-bins will bust” is true but for sure, we will not curse rain again.

[bigzee]

Some guys I’ve talked to say nothing in two wks, turn the tap completely off and collect crap insurance. Lentils and peas will be impossible to cut, cereals won’t be able to head if they make it that far. Canola well .... thankfully my gut told me not to seed any.
As I told someone yesterday, the next in crop chemical might be glyphosate. Who knew we would be doing a double burnoff in one year??
Oh the joys of this business!!

[Sheepwheat]

Yes, it is I was combining Barley the day Elvis died behind the house. Mom was a big fan.

Elvis died behind your house? In Saskatchewan? Did you at last try to help him? Lol I Just scared my wife as we sit and have coffee in a cold house in June. My sudden laughter made her jump. Lol.

Sorry grass, never saw you caught that too.

[jazz]

So had a chat with crop insurance about my non established canola. 12 plants, seeds or half living seedlings in the dust per sq m is still considered an established crop. Like WTF. Second week in June and they call this to have still have a chance at a crop. I want to get it written off and reseed something deeper but they arent making this easy. Meanwhile getting weedy. Some one mentioned spray it out with Liberty then seed something else in deeper and take what you get in the end.

[farming101]

Not second guessing anyone, but check your soil moisture situation before spending money on reseeding deeper.

[farming101]

We need the jet stream to change and change fast.

Apparently the jet stream is right overhead @ about 200 kph. Not working either.

About one tenth of an inch for May and June so far....

[jazz]

Not second guessing anyone, but check your soil moisture situation before spending money on reseeding deeper.

The field had flax on it last yr and all the straw was burned off so there is like very little organic matter on that field. I don't want it bare over the winter so have to get something growing on it. Just grab some durum out of the bin and shoot it down there. Running out of options. Wish I had never tried canola this yr.

[tubs]

Got a,nice inch of rain and snow temperture only to plus 4 most of the day it was 1c

[blackpowder]

Milking cows when Elvis death on radio.
Harrowing barley for John Wayne.