Canola 60 bushel swath!!!

[furrowtickler]

RM 437 NB
NE 3 45 16 W3 …. Just finished last night
NW 2 45 16 W3

[LEP]

Don’t think any of us here doubt you Larry
You one of very very few that speaks the truth on many fronts and actually knows what’s going on
Maybe just farmer scepticism on this fancy satellite tech . But reality I think is showing with big crop areas falling short on combine yields in many areas
Some are great for sure , many just not there
And frustrating as hell as inputs continue to skyrocket

I think technology will get there eventually. I think it is at a stage similar to environment Canada's radar. Supposedly updated to the best available. We all have experienced situations where it was supposed to be raining according to the radar and not even close.

[jazz]

Not a shot at Larry or anyone, but the utility of any tech is massively overstated in every industry and that will include satellite remote sensing.

For example; there are literally thousands of quants working algos in various equity markets using infinitely more data points than something NDVI would give and they cant even get the pricing right.

If anything, tech like NDVI will just bring more volatility to the markets. Just another estimate that will need revision 3 months later.

[Old Cowzilla]

The truck drivers hauling the grain to the bin can give you a pretty dam good reading on the yield. Ones out this way don't look overly tired from haulin grain. Wish I could have some of that water overage from this spring for the canola and oats-sorghum mix.

[Hamloc]

Finished our first field of canola last night. This was my best crop all year. Came up even. Did have some hail damage, very minor I thought, it did show up on the yield monitor though. Swathing it I couldn’t go much over 4 mph, wouldn’t go through the hole any faster on my Challenger swather. Long story short I was pretty optimistic after swathing it. Weighed it all through the cart, low 40s was all it yielded. So yes looked like 60, yielded just over 40.

I am curious, I had a pretty good view out the swather window and I was way off. Regardless how clear a picture you get from a satellite how are you going to be any more correct than I was? I was sure it would go 50 bushels at least.

[WiltonRanch]

The weird thing I’ve found with the canola this year is the stand is large, pods are long, and seeds are huge but yield is no bin buster. I thought it was just me but judging by what you guys on here are saying I don’t feel like a shitty farmer.

[furrowtickler]

The weird thing I’ve found with the canola this year is the stand is large, pods are long, and seeds are huge but yield is no bin buster. I thought it was just me but judging by what you guys on here are saying I don’t feel like a shitty farmer.

It’s the same in many many areas
Main stem pod abortion hurts yield no matter what anyone says . Fact of canola plant growth during early flowering and moisture stress .
Areas that had even just one timely rain during the dry stretch are doing very well , like Paynton , Meota Turtleford

Many areas went 15-20 days without a significant rain and near zero subsoil to carry the plant growth that was there

[sumdumguy]

Most years by this time we would have put our equipment away. We’ve been done on Labour Day several years. This year, the lentils are so crappy that we are waiting for the green pods to fill. We haven’t even started Canola yet.

[furrowtickler]

Most years by this time we would have put our equipment away. We’ve been done on Labour Day several years. This year, the lentils are so crappy that we are waiting for the green pods to fill. We haven’t even started Canola yet.

Hopefully everything filled well for you
The early harvested crops here were not great

[AlbertaFarmer5]

I've been trying to be optimistic about canola yields here. I know the excess rain in June into early July did irrepairable damage, and complete drownouts. Very little rain and above average temps ever since it quit raining. Miraculously, some areas came back to look decent.
Most is still very green. Flea beetles had a hayday when it was so cold that canola couldn't grow fast enough to keep up. Some light frosts so far, not fatal. Needs a lot of time yet.

Areas that didn't drown out look good from the road, waves, very dense.

But when I look up close, lots of missing pods, deformed pods, very short pods, some later branches are huge, but have no pods at all.

I'm usually pessimistic about canola at this time of year ( except last year with no rain, when all the canola looked tremendous all season), so maybe I'm wrong, but I can't see breaking any records this year, even without including the drownouts.

I thought I had missed the invigor problems, since it was out of the ground and progressing as it should. But once it started flowering, all early flowers aborted, and it wasn't even hot. All season, it just didn't seem to have the vigor that it is famous for.