Friday Crop Report on a Thursday!

[bucket]

Gezus bucket, I am going to be sick this am.

This is just a question for the ag specialists. Did the cold spring and some frosty nights take the starch out of this crop before the heat hit? Did that contribute to this disaster?

I am surprised about how wide the area impacted this time. I dont think even 88 was this bad.

Residual chemical on some crops for sure this year. After the first rain of an inch the early seeded stuff should have had perfect germination. Very patchy. Frost, yes but I don't think everyone looked hard at the chemical residual...


Oh ,, and this is way worse than 88. Farmers wasted a half inch in the spring with preworking . Then the heat. Still grew better crops and we were swathing. Plus it didn't cost much. My fuel bill today is more than dad would have spent on the entire input of the crop.

Water wasn't an issue back then either.

The announcement for ranchers was an insult . I can't believe any rancher representing cow guys said thank you for a kick in the balls.

[LWeber]

Gezus bucket, I am going to be sick this am.

This is just a question for the ag specialists. Did the cold spring and some frosty nights take the starch out of this crop before the heat hit? Did that contribute to this disaster?

I am surprised about how wide the area impacted this time. I dont think even 88 was this bad.

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[furrowtickler]

Good morning all.

Started harvest here at our place. In two words : NOT GOOD. Peas last week , average bu/ac was 6 ! Would have been better if there was a 2 in front of that 6 . Started durum yesterday , first hopper full was 6.5 bu/ac . sloughs were a 30bu crop , but only had 2 of those , so you can guess what the rest of it looked like. Sure hoping that my average yield is going to be better as we go , but I won't say much till we hammer it all through. Quality on my durum is good, and I am glad we have some carryover we didn't sell last crop year. It's nice getting texts from the local elevator showing a #1 durum with 12 pro at $15.67 per bushel. I am holding out for 20, or more. You never know , it might get there.

If anyone out there is going to complain about a 20 bu/ac crop or a 30 when it should have went 60 , be happy with what you got, because some of us got 1/3 of that or less.

Talked to a fellow I know over by Walsh Alberta two days ago. He had heard that one of the colonies in the area had a wheat crop that was 2-5 bpa. Just let that sink in for a bit , and I saw that crop , the stand looked good, but it was "Trudeau wheat" ..... nothing in the f@#$%ing heads !

Take care all.

Much the same in a huge area east of here

[blackpowder]

Larry's map the other day comparing 2002 to 2021 hit home for me.
In 2002 our only crop expense after seeding was 24D. Trees died.
Something that stays in your mind forever. Made money tho after insurance and no expenses.
Gave it all back in '05 tho LOL.
Stay sane out there, that's all that matters.

Early peas coming in here, no reports. Mine need a week.
Seeing a big difference in wheat between the high, med, and low input fields.
Solonetzic issues aside, half in = half out.
Some area barley being swathed.
Big range in crops in small distance here.

In other news, I have a lilac blooming, think that means it's dying.
I've decided to block Chuck again as a preventative measure. Haven't yet found a forum replacement.
Purchased two Screw Trudeau flags for my poles at end of yard in anticipation of the election.
Cheers!

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Some good news.
Corn in the area is phenomenal. No drown out holes, very even, it loves this heat, and wow it must be water efficient. Will probably make real cobs at this rate. Of course most of us gave up and quit after the continuous drownings and cold short seasons of recent years.
quarter inch of rain 2 days ago, biggest (only notable) rain we've had since the very beginning of July.

Combines going already in this area on barley. Very short, but looks like decent yields, no reports yet.

Pastures and hay are very depressing not far east or south of here. Still holding on well in this immediate area. Neighbor doing second cut that looks excellent. All my pasture is lowland, so it is still growing back.

I noticed how fast trees are growing this year. Must be tapped into good moisture, and with all this heat, they just exploded. Too bad they didn't leave anything for the crops next to them.

My wheat is turning fast. Slightly later seeded is holding on much longer than early. As usual, early seeding didn't pay on this farm. Always a different reason. Economically, we seem to be better off fighting winter to get the big crop off, than have an easy early harvest with much less yield. Not sure what this will yield. Looks disappointing, but this variety always surprises me to the upside.

I only have 2 quarters of barley, one is on gravel, still green except the gravel spots where it has turned white, and the white areas grow daily. The other quarter on good ground is half lodged after the 1/4" of very light showers with no wind, so there must be something there.

Canola found moisture, somehow, not sure how. Looks very good, even the patchy stands within the sod seeded look solid. Still not quite done flowering in most places.
Strangely enough, on the stuff the quit flowering sooner than expected, the plants along the edges where the deer have been eating it off constantly keep flowering, and they are a foot taller than the rest. So it must have been the heat that shut the rest down, not lack of water or nutrients. Or did these late plants keep growing roots deeper while battling with the deer, where the earlier plants couldn't grow roots fast enough to keep up to dropping soil water levels?

[SASKFARMER]

Breaking sickles is so much fun.

[GALAXIE500]

3cwad 15.40 at the leaning tower of Paterson at herbert saskatchewan.

Now I know where you live , Ha Ha !

[bucket]

Now I know where you live , Ha Ha !

Well you have a general area ...I am an hour away from an elevator...you figure it out. lmao.

[bucket]

The election is coming and that ends funding for the west. Cattle guys may as well say phuck it. If they haven't already.

[SASKFARMER]

An election stops all Federal help.

Part of the plan.

Oh sask canola and it’s stupid 16.6 mt crop as for your Checkoff back there not even in the game. This is what your money is paying for complete bullshit.