Did a lot more damage than initially expected
what’s interesting is how some canola varieties recovered very well and a few definitely did not .
In one plot we did a few days ago , field was 30/40 hail . Hail Damage was consistent across the field
was up to an 18 bus difference from the best to worst
In plots not hailed those same varieties are all within 5 bushels.
And the field beside the variety that was the lowest in the plots was definitely our lowest yielding canola field
Last year that same variety did very well .
Definitely different year , vastly better growing conditions this year other than the hail .
In this case disease was not an issue
Just interesting is all .
A few canola varieties still averaged low 50’s after hail damage , a few struggle to get over 35 , everthing equal .
Unfortunately with 5000 ac of hail damage from July 10 th there are lots of differences to see
The last 300 canola field we did ranged from 32 on north end with 30% hail to 51 on south end with 15% or less hail damage.
Not to complain as there are many areas in far worse shape, just an observation.
As a side note many other local canola fields not hailed are all in the mid 50’s to mid 60’s unless ravaged by disease if not sprayed with fungicide.
After this past decade I wish we could get just one year without hail or drought .
I know that many areas in western Canada far worse off with severe flood / water damage this year and again not complaining just had enough of not just a little hail but over 1/2 the entire farm two years in a row . Hail insurance helps , but never replaced the bushels lost …. Especially on years like this .
Oh well , off to spray a few fields because of the volunteers from lasts years late hail storm .
As AB5 stated, the gift that keeps giving
what’s interesting is how some canola varieties recovered very well and a few definitely did not .
In one plot we did a few days ago , field was 30/40 hail . Hail Damage was consistent across the field
was up to an 18 bus difference from the best to worst
In plots not hailed those same varieties are all within 5 bushels.
And the field beside the variety that was the lowest in the plots was definitely our lowest yielding canola field
Last year that same variety did very well .
Definitely different year , vastly better growing conditions this year other than the hail .
In this case disease was not an issue
Just interesting is all .
A few canola varieties still averaged low 50’s after hail damage , a few struggle to get over 35 , everthing equal .
Unfortunately with 5000 ac of hail damage from July 10 th there are lots of differences to see
The last 300 canola field we did ranged from 32 on north end with 30% hail to 51 on south end with 15% or less hail damage.
Not to complain as there are many areas in far worse shape, just an observation.
As a side note many other local canola fields not hailed are all in the mid 50’s to mid 60’s unless ravaged by disease if not sprayed with fungicide.
After this past decade I wish we could get just one year without hail or drought .
I know that many areas in western Canada far worse off with severe flood / water damage this year and again not complaining just had enough of not just a little hail but over 1/2 the entire farm two years in a row . Hail insurance helps , but never replaced the bushels lost …. Especially on years like this .
Oh well , off to spray a few fields because of the volunteers from lasts years late hail storm .
As AB5 stated, the gift that keeps giving
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