“For the second week of June, as we head into the third week, seeding progress in Saskatchewan has essentially stalled at ninety-six percent. Many farmers have decided it’s no longer worth the risk of mudding in the remaining acres. Growers have shifted their focus to spraying operations. Most pulses, wheat, and durum have been completed, with attention now turning to canola. However, persistent strong winds have made spraying Liberty particularly difficult this week. Our farm’s wheat spraying will be completed today. We will be focusing on getting our canola sprayed. Flea beetles are a minor issue right now. The main issue on most farms is excess moisture, which is causing yellowing in certain areas of the fields. In a perfect world, farmers could manage a hundred to four hundred thousand acres. But we farm in Western Canada, where we have basically a hundred and twenty days to grow a crop. Even if you’re spreading out risk from one end of Saskatchewan to the other, Mother Nature still rules the show. So these guys that are thinking they can farm a hundred to four hundred thousand acres and make it are dreaming. Mother Nature is the winner every year. So, having farms spread out does make sense, but in years like this, you definitely will never get the whole farm seeded. And if you’re seeding the last twenty to fifty thousand acres with a harrow bar, you’re not doing yourself any justice. All you’re doing is helping out with crop insurance. The crop can still catch up if we get some heat. According to Drew Learner’s latest, this has been a very cold June and the crop is delayed. Could everyone tell us what’s going on in their particular area? We’ve been running nonstop trying to get this crop sprayed, and before that seeding was one of the shortest to get the crop in, and you only have so many days. Have a great week. Talk to you next week
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Neighbors spraying 24/7.high winds or not..
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I love the guusbwith 6 quarters on why they are spraying.
I just have to go, I'm behind.
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Crops are slow here spraying very challenging rain and wind.Comment
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Thank goodness we got that 10 days of heat and wind the last week of May. Because of the heat emergents was really good and the crop got off to a good start.
June has been cold and windy and growth has really slow down. Managed to get the wheat sprayed on the few occasions that the wind slowed down. Hoping the weather warms up to do the Liberty on canola.
Our corner has missed all the spring rains which I am thankful for but it’s starting to dry up and will need some rain soon.
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Corn wheat and oats look good canola and beans a little slow. Son finished second pass of liberty and I cut hay. Some of my neighbors have really awesome pea crops but I guess the cool weather has been perfect for them. Wife turned heat back on for couple of mornings when summer comes gonna be a shock to system.Comment
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Crops looking good. We have had 3.4 inches so far in June. I was talking to a friend just east of Edmonton yesterday they are at 10 inches in the same time frame. Weather forecast looks like a wet weekend, my pastures will benefit for sure. I don’t think some areas around Edmonton would have the same outlook.Comment
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Sunday and Mondays storm looks bad east and south of Edmonton and then again. Davidson Regina Melville as same shit as Edmonton.
Weather needs to smarten up.its cold and damp and of course windy as all hell today.
Wheat finished and actually I was able to fix our industrial washing machine by my self today I asked Grok and she told me how.
Do we spray fungicides and delay another week?
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Our peas are yellow in all the low spots , around sloughs , along ditches . They don’t like a lot of moisture and with a shallow root it doesn’t take much. Muds a dud.Comment
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Rain makes grain and mud is a dud. Always excess sucks!Comment
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