Friday Crop Reportin a Thursday. Third week of September.

[sumdumguy]

Harvest 2026 will be a wrap here this week. We have a half of durum and we are down to 100 acres of Canola. It hasn’t been a great year but average yields are surprising when we never saw rain here since July 4 and temperatures peaked at the same time Durum and Canola were blooming. Lentils were dismal, neighbour’s thousand or so acres of chick peas aborted top half of the seed set. One rain about mid July would have produced a bin buster yield but it was not to be.

More than four inches of rain delayed harvest end of August and gave us a break that only lasted about ten days. We are grateful that the weather improved so we could get at harvest again. There is still a lot of crop out around us and it is definitely not standing up. Canaryseed is the worst for laying flat as a pancake. There definitely is less Canary grown around here in last few years but our neighbours still plant about a thousand acres. Those acres will test those MacDons. We’ve been there before. Some varieties of Durum are flat too but some shorter newer varieties are standing up pretty decent.

A perfect growing season it was not but it will feel good to know that despite disappointing prices and challenging weather we get to do it all over again in seven months or so.

Good Luck all our Agriville friends. Hopefully another week or two of dry harvest will give us something to smile and reminisce about all winter.

[fcr]

Add a ten to your four inches of rain,thats what we are dealing with.Its tough to look at fields where the grain is dry but alot of it sitting in water.So we wait and pray for no more rain this fall.Neighbours chickpeas were wrote off long ago,it will take a miracle for the land to dry enough for them to disc them down.We will try harvest again end of this week hopefully.

[wrongway]

harvest progress is slow on east side of sk. wheat finally came dry yesterday at 4...and now its raining this morning. so many drowned out spots in fields making average yield pretty pitiful.
Even if it grades a 2 returns are going to be dismal...$300/ac doesn't pay the Man.
I am not sure how a guy is going to get the drowned out acres back into production for next year. $2.50 diesel isn't conducive to doing a lot of field work that is for sure. If it would even help.
We've certainly been here before but not with the expenses that are currently showing up on farms, parts, fuel and all the small things that used to be normal are just out of this world. A head of lettuce at coop was 6.99!!! so just meat and cheese in the old lunchbox.
I shouldn't complain we had one nice day this week when the old arthritis wasn't so bad.
stay safe out there, a couple of neighbours here didn't make it through harvest. So sad.

[SASKFARMER]

It just spit water running off roof it was short but not needed

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Finished all the barley. Even though it was seeded last. Tried wheat a few different places. Most of a quarter off at 16 to 20%.

This is Alotta wheat seeded May 3rd. Missed the worst of the hail. Still has green leaves. Huge yield potential. Not sure it's a good fit for our climate and short growing season.

[fcr]

Yes. it only a crop, but the most expensive one we have grown. Local colony has a seven year old boy die, his grandpa backed over him with skid steer. puts everything else into perspective.

[makar]

Rained again canola seed salesmen should be out in full swing monday.

[fjlip]

Yes. it only a crop, but the most expensive one we have grown. Local colony has a seven year old boy die, his grandpa backed over him with skid steer. puts everything else into perspective.

OMG, yes it's risky with kids around. We have a 8 and 5 year with us in combine and cart when son is helping. Depends on school and Mom's work. They listen and are very aware, but always have to keep them in mind/sight. Do your best.

[WiltonRanch]

Just got going a week ago but tough slogging. Progress is glacial. Yields are good so far. Wheat quality lucky you get a 2. Some guys finishing up wheat some haven’t even started. Nw Sask

[biglentil]

Went hard, harvest 2026 is a wrap, now for the fall out the 400amp service is at its limit at the main yard, cycling every spicy air bin, with a few tough ones not on air that need to be sent through the grates this week. Never without its challenges including break downs on the last day like a header pto shaft twisted off at the yoke easy weld up, an oring blew sandwiched between two halves of the combines main hydraulic block making it rain hydraulic fluid mist a few times in disessembly till i got it right, a rad vac fan belt replaced in record time (why didnt I tell the boyz to grab a spare from stealership). Last load off the field at 5pm on Saturday the 2.5" top rad hose bung broke right off the rad on one of the btrains leaving it stranded on the pavement fully loaded. In desperation a 2" MNPT galvonized barbed fitting from the local home hardware and a full syringe of permetex 5 min epoxy did the trick to at least get it dumped and back to the yard. Like an episode of mission impossible, but when your pickup truck back seat is so full of tools the seat stays folded up permanently and your dad prepared you for these types of days his entire life, you know it wasnt so bad.

The long list of fall work begins next week, 800mt of tough to haul, sprayer needs work and to get to work, almost every acre is greening up, protill tractor needs work or changed out, then heavy harrows need to get goin....oh ya a few sloughs to cleanup with flax and of course a semi rad to change out... list never ends. Hope the forecast stays clear or ill be back in a combine helping neighbours. Best of luck everyone.