Friday Crop Report third week of June.

[sumdumguy]

I like seeing pictures of crops, here some spots are nice but when I look at plush crops I know they are sucking the juice and our juice is running out. That tornado was somewhere near us last night and pea to g**** size hail only stripped a few leaves off poplars. Unfortunately this 1/4 inch of rain won’t be enough to make a decent crop so all we can do is hope and pray for a good shot this weekend. Good Luck all Comrades

[furrowtickler]

Some areas just south of river got their first real rain this growing season. For early seeded cereals far too late to get a good crop but hopefully get something now .
but those of us that farm know very well what happened last year.
many had great crops at this point only to watch it burn out out in July to end up below average.
long ways from bin , very long

[GreenGobbler]

Anywhere from 2/10th to 2” in a fast moving storm. Lots of hail, some crops are hurt bad. Some possibly written off already. Lots of potholes are now full. Wynyard area.

[furrowtickler]

Canola showing signs of life again here , a lot of earlier wheat has been determined. Canola was very slow to start and maybe a good thing thing for now

[Old Cowzilla]

20miles west of me they got rain delivered with white combines. Heard it shredded wheat big time . We never even stopped haying or spraying.

[Marusko]

Not like it’s any help to you G-5, but I have a slight idea of your pain. Late 80’s and early 90’s we had some very dry years and I took a vow that I would never complain about rain. There have been many occasions since I have had to bite my tongue. We have had excessive rains to the point of over 5 feet in one growing season and that can be no fun as well. I will say for me, however much trouble excess rain causes, it just doesn’t seem as depressing as a drought. Hope you get some rain, and soon.

Funny you say that. I'd rather be dry. It's easy to cut back costs when it's too dry but when it's too wet, you're still putting hours in and costing money. Hate the stress of making ruts, getting stuck, more wear and tear and hours on equipment, having to clean up the mess. Drought year you can count on carry over nutrients for the following crop. Wet years all your N washes away or volatizes.

Speaking as a grain farmer though. Different story for a livestock guy, in too-wet years at least you can still feed your animals.

[redleaf]

MaRusso, you are right about wet vs dry and I have dealt with those crazy wet years we had 10-15 years ago. Hard to believe it’s been that long since 2010. One summer we had over 5 feet of rain, the quill lakes filled up. Creeks that old timers here had never seen run so full or for that matter all year round as springs fed them all through the winter. Not nice dealing with those ruts and getting stuck. I got so practised up unhooking from the drill I could pull the pin attach a tow strap pull up on a hill and back up and drop the pin in to go again only getting out of the seat twice. I meant it when I said I had to bite my tongue, hard !!!!
Still for me drought is just plain depressing.

[furrowtickler]

Will be chilly come Monday morning

[furrowtickler]

A huge area south of here getting decent rains but for most of the cereals it’s most likely too late

[furrowtickler]

Heading out at that stage never good regardless of rains now