Friday Crop Report on a Thursday!

[SASKFARMER]

Winds starting to come up again and this time from the North to the south.

[SASKFARMER]

I went out early this morning got a section of liberty and centurion second app. Nice crop on the heavy ground. Have another section to spray before I switch to wheat and the radar showed a system coming at us and the wind picked up.

Sat and did other things spit on and off.

Wasted a afternoon not spraying because of shitty radar. Seems yellow is rain green is piss all and red and purple is take cover.

Fun times.

[furrowtickler]

This morning great example
Radar shows rain , but nothing happening
Yesterday radar showed nothing but showers off and on most of the day
Makes farming easy 🙄

[furrowtickler]

Finally caught up spraying. Up early get 2 to 3 quarters then a hurricane wind all day till about 11 at night. Not fun.

Today clean the sprayer and switch to wheat, yes had to go with a different plan than I was going to use but plants are growing too fast, spray if I can because it might rain. HAHAHAH

I think a lot of plans got changed , 5 days of straight wind , now calm but showers around
Its stop , go , stop , go ... wait , watch a shitty radar , watch clouds then try again LOL

Peak growing season as crops are growing nearly 24/7 . A lot changes even within a few days eh ?
Good thing the crops are trying to make up time just makes it a challenge for weed control as well .

[SASKFARMER]

Finally caught up spraying. Up early get 2 to 3 quarters then a hurricane wind all day till about 11 at night. Not fun.

Today clean the sprayer and switch to wheat, yes had to go with a different plan than I was going to use but plants are growing too fast, spray if I can because it might rain. HAHAHAH

[SASKFARMER]

This was started years ago for one reason. As a gov employee I never figured we farmers were getting told the truth about the crop.

I even tried in my younger days to be a crop reporter but was told we have excellent people and didn't need me.

Most are like guys on boards.

So yea the map above shows why I have zero faith in crop reports generated by gov officials or special interest groups or crop advisors that tell me about a huge canola crop and I should sell every bushel.


It's dry in parts.

4 in rain doesn't do anything more than fill low areas and runoff.

Wind at 60 plus takes more moisture than the rain gave.

Bugs, cold weather, mud then very high heat baked a lot of canola.

It's a rough start to 2021 let's call it what it is a rough start. Could still do ok if we all get a decent rain in the next two weeks the clock has started to tic this is the most important time for the plants its big potential or average to below at best.

or is it for some guys like finding a good lawyer to run around to about 10 till one bites on your problem and sweet talks you into thinking you'll win your case. Same with crop advisors and politicians and specialists. Anything to drive down prices for them.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

How long given everyone's local conditions can your crop survive without an adequate rain?

I give mine until Saturday and things start to go backwards...

Mid July, would start losing potential if no rain by then. Some acres sooner, some never.

Good old P501L

[furrowtickler]

The fellow gathering info for the moisture map must have actually pulled right off the highway onto a dry dirt road for a whizz, while traveling near Maple Creek.

Probably the same guys collecting global warming data and canola stocks ....

[fjlip]

Variety of crops, cereals generally great, canola all over the place... first is Canola on canola, fleas took some







And finally Liberty on Roundup canola...a few greedy guys might be sorry...

Straight cutting really pays...



Last here is with 5710 at 4.2Lbs 7565

[bucket]

How long given everyone's local conditions can your crop survive without an adequate rain?

I give mine until Saturday and things start to go backwards...

[Old Cowzilla]

Reseeded canola fields blowing bad today in our area ,some good looking wheat fields but some look thin. Soybean fields looked better two days ago than now. That greenish look the pastures had is disappearing and grasshoppers are liking the heat. Some guys just got the last of the cattle out of their yards the last few days but they might not unhook the trailer off the truck if we don't see rain in a week. Can't spray but least got time to take salt blocks out to pastures , air on max

[SASKFARMER]

Wind has calmed down now 71 km gusts

[fjlip]

Darn right on the EDGE of adequate!

[bucket]

ALL OF MINNESOTA IS ABNORMALLY DRY, OR WORSE.


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