Friday Crop Report on a Thursday!

[sumdumguy]

Think we are out of the woods by mid-May?

[Sheepwheat]

Think we are out of the woods by mid-May?

Not this year. Here at least.

[beaverdam]

Anyone know, how much spring crop has been planted or up, in the Dakotas and Montana?

If your seedling is in hard frozen ground, it'll be toast!

[MBgrower]

Anyone know, how much spring crop has been planted or up, in the Dakotas and Montana?

If your seedling is in hard frozen ground, it'll be toast!

i used to get canola in the ground first week of May, but no longer, back to the old school of ways. Now no sooner than May 15, and this year i might push that to May 20. Too damned cold this year, and like others, i dont enjoy seeding twice and spraying for flea beetles 5 times. Later seeded canola crops around here have done better than the early seeded the last few years.

[fjlip]

Will sprouted Canola 1/2 inch below ground, survive if the temperature drops to -6.

If you seeded this early you must be YOUNG, us OLD guys learned years ago NOT to seed early. Maybe this year is a lesson, or get lucky...

[Sheepwheat]

What a wicked cold wind today. Brrrr!

[fjlip]

Who else saw the Stats Can acreage projections?
The biggest changes from 2019 is in Summer fallow acres, way up in 2020.

[Sheepwheat]

I might fallow some wicked oats residue. Flattened with the snow on the fall pasted to the ground, I hate burning. Thinking let the oats volunteer, throw in some hairy vetch, burn it off and seed winter wheat in the fall. I sure wish it was fenced, would be some awesome grazing out there once the oats emerges.

[farmaholic]

Rent the neighbors ProTill, blacken it up by working it three times. Let the sun warm it up(global warming) and seed it to canola. Then punch it through a 60 inch opening on a 25 foot swather, combine at 1.5 mph. And laugh all the way to the bank.

wiseguy sez-so!

[furrowtickler]

i used to get canola in the ground first week of May, but no longer, back to the old school of ways. Now no sooner than May 15, and this year i might push that to May 20. Too damned cold this year, and like others, i dont enjoy seeding twice and spraying for flea beetles 5 times. Later seeded canola crops around here have done better than the early seeded the last few years.

Would have to agree , seen the vast majority of wrecks in this area from before the 10th on average. Probably 90% of the flea beetle issues as well
But that goes hand in hand with frost / slow growing conditions, some areas vastly different
Some have decent luck once in a while but that’ depends a lot on a few certain areas .
Far too much risk involved now in investment for most farms to be rolling the dice.
But as farms get larger it’s the nature of the beast , the dice will always be rolled ... its a high stakes gamble now , real high .