Wheat grading

[wmoebis]

Will tell today how wheat looks , grading and pricing will be interesting this next month.
A few done , some close to done , a few have not started wheat yet .
Standing Canola was still 13.4 yesterday afternoon .

Some areas east of here had more rain this past 5 days than all of summer .

Sounds like might be lots of blending opportunities and your buyers will be able to help out with blending for grade improvement, might take a little shopping around and a bit more trucking.

[furrowtickler]

Sounds like might be lots of blending opportunities and your buyers will be able to help out with blending for grade improvement, might take a little shopping around and a bit more trucking.

Yes we fortunate , in a way , to have over 1/2 the wheat off in very good shape . Lots of very dry wheat from the last 3 days before rains . About 1/3 of it bleached somewhat
Will definitely be shopping around , locals don’t seem too aggressive at all . So far Cargil been the best spot pricing I heard
Patience will be key I guess .
Huge crop just west and north mostly still in field but quality will be a concern now .
Wheat from here to the SE is mostly off , lower yields as you go east but quality quite good on most of it .
Bushel weights so far are high on what’s been taken off , 65-68 lbs / bushel. So that a bit of a nice surprise given hot dry conditions most times

[Blaithin]

Starting to see some frost pop up in later stuff. Nothing major but it’s there.

[wmoebis]

Starting to see some frost pop up in later stuff. Nothing major but it’s there.

Frost or heat stress there were a couple very hot days last couple weeks. Looks the same and has same effects on end use. As long as no green frost is showing up. THX for the heads up.

[Blaithin]

Frost or heat stress there were a couple very hot days last couple weeks. Looks the same and has same effects on end use. As long as no green frost is showing up. THX for the heads up.

I would say frost. We had frost here the 19/20th so low spots would be hit. Doesn’t seem wide spread enough to have been heat. If the crop was going to show heat stress, I would think it would be a LOT more grain showing it 😂

[Blaithin]

They got the magnifying glass out looking for sprouts !

Are your eyes good enough to make sure a grain is sprouted and if it's severe or not? Mine aren't always. Better to make sure with a magnifier than just toss it in a bowl and weigh it up.

Don't worry, if it is sprouted and they miss a few, you'll still get caught by a shitty FN

[fjlip]

or DEW, or Harper

[Blaithin]

Two years ago around here, but more so east, some had major issues with canola sprouting. Seed Cos tried to figure out what was going on and the determination was the heat and drought had triggered a hormone response in some that lit up sprouting. I heard of samples that were 80-90% sprouted.

Or maybe it was last year and the hormones were because the seed was from the year prior in the super heat and drought.

All the years blend together 😂

Either way, it doesn’t always come down to getting rained on.

[furrowtickler]

So far one elevator graded most as a 2 hrsw , said frost and bleach with average protein at 12.6
The other elevator will buy all 4200 tn for a #1 , 13 pro . Close to $.50 difference.
Sent same samples to two other elevators yesterday.

Sure is strange how the could possibly be frost in any of our wheat as it was in the bin for a week before any frost in area . That and half our wheat was in bin before any rain that caused bleaching.
Maybe it rained and froze in the bin after harvest on that first 2000 tn ?? 🤔

This leads to the frustrations of grading wheat Blathin
Glad we have several choices here .

[BTO780]

Reminds me the yr the crooks were climbing in trucks like for deer crap. Guess deer can climb bins now. What a joke.