Friday Crop Report — end of September, written on a Thursday.
The calendar has turned to the transition month. Anything can happen now, and it is hammer down on harvest 2026.
Weather looks good for a few more days. Diesel is still insanely priced, but it is down from the high.
I went into the dealership for parts, saw they were made in the USA, and did the elbows-up thing. Then I bought them, went home, fixed the problem, and went back to work.
Harvest has hit the 55% mark, but damp, foggy mornings and heavy dew make it rough to get going. Wind is helping dry things, but it is also breaking pods and blowing swaths. The crop is not really dry until close to 4.
We had a good week. We start drying grain at home from 1 until 4, then once it is dry we bag it or haul it to town to fill a fall contract.
Grade on later-seeded wheat is still top. HRS and durum are almost done for most in our area. Anything swathed before the rain came off very poorly. Fields that were desiccated and dead ripe through the wet stretch have issues too — lots of downgrading. Good yields on some fields, then you hit the flooded ones and they did not do much.
Canary seed is in full force: a lodged, twisted mess and slow going.
Lentils and peas are done. A lot of lentil fields will be abandoned — total crap. Pea yields ran from great down to about half.
Late barley is getting harvested, and the really late stuff is done with the first frost. Early barley had good yield and market quality, but the maltsters never pay, so most of it is dumped as feed.
Flax has started and is average or below. Early-seeded oats are done. Anything swathed before the rains is crap — thin seed this year, and lighter.
Canola harvest is ramping up. Yields are okay, but there is a lot of Verticillium in certain fields. Count on 8 to 10 bushels off a normal crop. Flooded areas died this year.
Pastures are good, and there are lots of bales.
Tell us about your area. Be safe, and have a great week.
The calendar has turned to the transition month. Anything can happen now, and it is hammer down on harvest 2026.
Weather looks good for a few more days. Diesel is still insanely priced, but it is down from the high.
I went into the dealership for parts, saw they were made in the USA, and did the elbows-up thing. Then I bought them, went home, fixed the problem, and went back to work.
Harvest has hit the 55% mark, but damp, foggy mornings and heavy dew make it rough to get going. Wind is helping dry things, but it is also breaking pods and blowing swaths. The crop is not really dry until close to 4.
We had a good week. We start drying grain at home from 1 until 4, then once it is dry we bag it or haul it to town to fill a fall contract.
Grade on later-seeded wheat is still top. HRS and durum are almost done for most in our area. Anything swathed before the rain came off very poorly. Fields that were desiccated and dead ripe through the wet stretch have issues too — lots of downgrading. Good yields on some fields, then you hit the flooded ones and they did not do much.
Canary seed is in full force: a lodged, twisted mess and slow going.
Lentils and peas are done. A lot of lentil fields will be abandoned — total crap. Pea yields ran from great down to about half.
Late barley is getting harvested, and the really late stuff is done with the first frost. Early barley had good yield and market quality, but the maltsters never pay, so most of it is dumped as feed.
Flax has started and is average or below. Early-seeded oats are done. Anything swathed before the rains is crap — thin seed this year, and lighter.
Canola harvest is ramping up. Yields are okay, but there is a lot of Verticillium in certain fields. Count on 8 to 10 bushels off a normal crop. Flooded areas died this year.
Pastures are good, and there are lots of bales.
Tell us about your area. Be safe, and have a great week.
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