Friday Crop Report on a Thursday.

[seldomseen]

I can say I have never seen crops go backwards after a rain until this year.

Guys had beautiful crops , are now stunted and yellowing looking like they may not head out. Very strange. I am wondering if all the chemicals applied during dry years is actually being washed in? Don't know but there are strange things happening .

Anyone heard of chemical damage to lentils from last fall's application of fierce?

Lentils sprouted, got to surface , stopped and shot out another shoot from below. and tried it once more.

And frogs, holy shit never seen frogs like this. In one ditch I thought I should spray for hoppers until I had a closer look.

I have seen crop go backwards many times when excessive rain comes early in the growing season.
The ground gets packed and all the oxygen and bug life are pushed out. Fertilizer gets leeched down and roots can’t grow in water logged soil.
I find that once that happens it’s hard to recover.
Early rain is poison!

[biglentil]

I can say I have never seen crops go backwards after a rain until this year.

Guys had beautiful crops , are now stunted and yellowing looking like they may not head out. Very strange. I am wondering if all the chemicals applied during dry years is actually being washed in? Don't know but there are strange things happening .

Anyone heard of chemical damage to lentils from last fall's application of fierce?

Lentils sprouted, got to surface , stopped and shot out another shoot from below. and tried it once more.

And frogs, holy shit never seen frogs like this. In one ditch I thought I should spray for hoppers until I had a closer look.

Ya dark brown frogs eating grass hoppers. Lots of them after the rain the other night. I think there is damage from Valterra as well in lentils, even with plenty of moisture. Sure is convenient to spray it on but im going back to edge.

[Freightshaker]

Good for another week to 10 days. Then will watch the blue return.

Canola looks great on all fields. Wheat about half our acres are short on moisture. Even if it kept raining we don’t have the homerun fert program to make a bumper crop. But glad to see the crop where it is today. Very fortunate after 2 years of disappointments.

[zeefarmer]

I can say I have never seen crops go backwards after a rain until this year.

Guys had beautiful crops , are now stunted and yellowing looking like they may not head out. Very strange. I am wondering if all the chemicals applied during dry years is actually being washed in? Don't know but there are strange things happening .

Anyone heard of chemical damage to lentils from last fall's application of fierce?

Lentils sprouted, got to surface , stopped and shot out another shoot from below. and tried it once more.

And frogs, holy shit never seen frogs like this. In one ditch I thought I should spray for hoppers until I had a closer look.

Seeing some Lontrel damage in lentils from an application from 2021. Just where we doubled up, but that's what it lines up to. And we had good moisture in 2022

[AlbertaFarmer5]

I just saw this on Twitter written by someone from india. What does Agriville think, is this accurate?

Under ideal weather conditions, the average yield of wheat and barley in the Canadian province of Alberta will reach 60-70% of the average level of recent years. After the prolonged drought, the height of the plants is only 15-17 centimeters.

[flea beetle]

I heard crops are getting plowed under by stettler already. Had we not got a rain, we wouldn’t have been far behind. First wheats were burning up and heading out with small heads. We will see how the later crops fare. They are definitely more uneven than the earlier ones.

[bucket]

Let me say this.

Chemical companies and their reps are worse than Trudeau for excuses for not taking responsibility.

Crop insurance should be paying attention.

[furrowtickler]

I just saw this on Twitter written by someone from india. What does Agriville think, is this accurate?

Under ideal weather conditions, the average yield of wheat and barley in the Canadian province of Alberta will reach 60-70% of the average level of recent years. After the prolonged drought, the height of the plants is only 15-17 centimeters.

Very accurate for 70% of western Canada I believe

[jazz]

Crop conditions, biofuel levels discussed;

[Taiga]

Herbicide uptake in the smoke zone here has been very poor, many having to spray extra passes.