Friday Crop Report on a Thursday!

[GDR]

Having a bit of fun here with rocks and mud, wasn't planning on swathing but kinda necessary now. Still bits of snow in the shade but combines starting up today again. Not a very big area here but still very little harvest done.

[SASKFARMER]

I agree with all some think life is but a dream when farming. Reality Western Canada is one of the hardest places to grow a crop and profit.

Weather is not our friend.

Today I should finish up the three flat fields of wheat up north and move to canola.

Oh, wait a fricking shower is on its way to **** up my day.

Fun times.

Wife and friend heading to the colony to get chickens and potatoes onions etc. I said tell them maybe its time we have the talk.

Farming isn't as much fun as it once was.



Actually was it ever fun or just young and stupid.

[farmaholic]

Funny you say the 7 th of November as I have a flight south booked on the 8 th and the wife says she’s going with or without me.

Do you use that same threat when you're heading to the farm every day?

[SASKFARMER]

Just leaving now and she said it again. So it's off to work we go. Fricking shower coming from Raymore down. Hopefully, it misses us. Combine one blew a huge hydraulic hose last night so could be a messy morning fixing an oil-covered machine.

[jazz]

Having a bit of fun here with rocks and mud, wasn't planning on swathing but kinda necessary now. Still bits of snow in the shade but combines starting up today again. Not a very big area here but still very little harvest done.

Man that's nasty. Flat as a table top.

[grassfarmer]

What is frustrating as heck , is that photo of grassfarmers
Even though we some of us get it , still most don’t realize there is no insurance for that .... even him b/c grass hads no clue as too a grain farmer . Good guy but zero real experience in what goes on , period .
There are more than a few on here including tweety simply heave no clue that we are not remotely protected as grain farmers , that we can and do lose money ....that seems to be a totally ignored fact ...

I've asked before furrow but I'll ask again could you explain to me how there isn't any insurance for that?
Manitoba crop insurance offered coverage on my quarter next door if i'd grown hard red spring wheat of $42,115 ($280/acre) on the 150 acres cropable for a premium of $1026. That was based on 80% coverage with a price of $6.67 bu with 52.6bu being the average yield for the area with me having no history.

So assuming things don't improve here and this crop remains out over winter what happens? I assume crop insurance tells you in the spring that it's a total write off and cuts you a cheque or they might tell you to harvest it and if you did so and only got 20bu/acre off it you'd get compensated for the missing 32.6 bu plus you'd have some crappy low quality wheat to sell.

I can see it's a bad situation - harvest costs are way higher than usual. No cashflow to pay bills now, no field work done in preparation for next year or NH3 put down, possibly a crop to harvest next spring or work down before you can seed. Possible damage to land through ruts or machinery damage from working in poor conditions. $280/acre if you got the cheque tomorrow maybe doesn't meet your cost of production, or it maybe meets it but leaves no profit but how can you say there is no insurance for what I pictured?
I really want to know what I'm missing.

[jazz]

I agree with all some think life is but a dream when farming. Reality Western Canada is one of the hardest places to grow a crop and profit.
Farming isn't as much fun as it once was.

Cant imagine having to hammer through 10,000 ac this fall.

[grassfarmer]

thats real shitty grass , i hope it turns around soon
know how it feels , have had lots here over the years , its just works at you
what % of crop do you think is still out around there?

Hard to say Case - maybe 30%? varies hugely between operators largely dependant on size. A few smaller operators will be done. A few bigger might have half out yet.

[farmaholic]

There is no "insurance" for profit. Only to decrease losses, at best recover most expenses.

GARS? Definitely not Crop Insurance or AgStab.

[jazz]

A few smaller operators will be done.

When a farmer tells you he is done you have to ask a follow up question.