Friday Crop Report on a Thursday. Week 21

[Hamloc]

Wheat yields down 40% or more from projected yield estimates
that’s a fact everywhere in NW Sask the past few days .
It was very poor grade , before this rain event .
[NODE="2"]Forum[/NODE] or better wheat will be nearly non existent now, with very little taken off so far

Furrow it has been raining off and on all day here. Looking at radar it looked like your area was experiencing the same thing. Again rain amounts certainly vary, did you get much? Looks like 7/10 to well over an inch depending which cloud you were under here. More rain in August here than in June and July put together. This makes Statscan’s report at least for Alberta way off the mark in my opinion.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Hamloc, I was through your area a few weeks ago and thought crops looked promising at least compared to many parts of Alberta.
So when you indicated how disappointing your yields are, that doesn't bode well for most other areas. Or else it means the last few weeks have really shaved that much yield off.

[Hamloc]

Hamloc, I was through your area a few weeks ago and thought crops looked promising at least compared to many parts of Alberta.
So when you indicated how disappointing your yields are, that doesn't bode well for most other areas. Or else it means the last few weeks have really shaved that much yield off.

Yield potential probably peaked in early June and has been on a steady downhill slide due to lack of rain ever since. Interestingly I have a couple of small fields of Croplan Truflex canola which is still somewhat green due to the frost on June 17 which set it back. Will be interesting if the rain helped. Initially I thought earlier seeded canola would yield the best, the rains we have received in August have changed that. Regardless average yields will be lucky to be half of last year in all commodities!