Friday Crop Report on a Thursd

[SASKFARMER]

Where in balcarres is it dry? ****

[SASKFARMER]

That’s balcarres in the background

[therealnorthernf]

Balcarres isn't dry.... a few miles east of there it is.. a dry strip (running almost straight north/south, is about 20-25 miles wide)starts just west of Abernethy runs east through Lemberg and Neudorf,.. Killaly and Melville have been getting the rain.

[SASKFARMER]

Yes that area is missing all the rains.

[sumdumguy]

Rains haven’t been General, even around here, the yard gets 7/10 and the farm 1 1/4 and more, we are only 6 miles apart. Last rain here June 18, two weeks and pretty darn dry now, durum asking for a drink. Anyone who missed those last rains is getting pretty antsy.

[fcr]

Had a visit with salesmen today. A few combine deals getting cancelled already. Prob more with no rain in forecast.

[mcfarms]

Drove from Yorkton to Calgary yesterday. Crop nicest at Yorkton down to Regina, some late but look nice. Regina to Moose Jaw look nice but later again. Moose Jaw to Calgary are horrible. Brooks to Gleichen in particular looked very patchy and poor. Not sure if emergence, cutworms, or grasshoppers but worst crops I’ve seen in a long time .

No moisture since the snow went into already dry powder until just before you drove through that area and weeks on end of wind and much above temps will do that. Snow didn't leave until late April and by may 15 the lighter soils had dried down to below canola seeding depth, many trusted the forecasted rain each week that never materialized and seeded for quicker emergence , talked to a few guys that said after last year's debacle they were still nervous about their canola seed, turned out it came up well if seeded deeper this year because the ground got so warm. Last year it froze, on the same date it was 32 this year. Hard to get it perfect when there's such wild swings from year to year. Some years its a make a decision amd hope that you guessed right.

[SASKFARMER]

Storms brewing late Canada Day.

This is added to our Prosaro Pro or Mirivas

[cropgrower]

just had inch and a half thunder downpour , with some hail , will be calling crop insurance tuesday morning

[tubs]

Hail here too again can't get a rain but hail we don't seem to miss golfball size looks like I cut the wholefield with a lawn mower. 600 acres toast