Friday Crop Report, second week of October

[SASKFARMER]

Friday Crop Report – Second Week of October

Harvest went well up until last Saturday, when canola moisture spiked to almost 13%. It dropped back to 12% on Sunday, but then a rain mist moved in along with a snow threat. We didn’t get any snow, but we did get rain.

A lot of guys in our area finished on Friday. North of us, harvest is still going.

Overall, harvest ground to a halt on Friday. The dryer guys managed to keep going Saturday and Sunday, but the wheels fell off yesterday with moisture climbing to 15.4%.

Saskatchewan harvest is sitting at 86% complete, but the real grind starts now. Days are getting shorter, mornings are frosty, and there’s always the chance of rain or snow — it’s October.

HRS and Durum

Most is done, except for the guys who left wheat to chase canola and now have tough wheat to deal with. I’m hearing a lot of farmers say they didn’t harvest a bushel of dry wheat. It got close, but nothing came off dry. If you’ve got quality durum or wheat, tell the elevators to pound sand. Feed is a different story. Our yields were decent, but not our highest ever.

Oats

Most are harvested. What’s left is a tough grind. Oats are lighter this year.

Barley

A few odd late fields remain, plus some late greenfeed that froze yesterday morning. The first major frost cooked most plants.

Flax

Just the odd field left. Saw a guy trying to burn straw yesterday — more smoke than anything.

Canary Seed

Harvest is mostly done. It’s slow going if you still have some out.

Lentils and Peas

Done for most. It wasn’t a very good year.

Chickpeas

Done. Looked not bad.

Canola

Still the major crop left to harvest. Swaths are wet now and need wind and sun — which is coming today through Saturday. Later-seeded canola seems to be the better crop, with yields increasing as we head north. Very early seeded did okay. A lot of it traces back to the wet June, then 40 days with no rain, followed by a wetter, cooler finish. No bumper crop — just average.

Cattle are getting moved, bales are being hauled, and fence lines are getting cleaned up. Snow geese haven’t arrived yet, so we might still get a few more weeks of decent weather.

I’m hoping to be done next week. We’ve got nine quarters of canola left.

Please list your area results and progress.

[SASKFARMER]

Drying grain in October is way better than December and January. Today is just ugly out wind chance of rain and no sun.

Fall work day.

Did see ugly harvest between Regina and Moosejaw.

Mud mud mud.

Lots of Durum and canola out yet.

[furrowtickler]

Harvest mostly wrapped up in area last week , a few usual stragglers still have a ways to go
Lots of fall work done or being done
Cereals in area were very decent , some quality issues , but some wheat surprisingly held very well
We were fortunate enough to pick away at standing canola and wait for the wheat to get dry .
Very little tough grain in bins , some wheat at 16
most wheat in bins 13-14 moisture, all canola dry
Yoeld maps showed exactly where hail went across two big areas of farm .
Could have been a very big crop for us .
Big yields are west of river , which is fairly typical , one extra July rain made 10 -15 bus from that area north
Some very big yields in the far north west of Sask in a horse shoe from west of the Battleford’s to Lashburn , to St Wahlburg over to Spiritwood area that missed hail storms .
Canola all over the map , south of hiway 16 yields were off 10-15 bus from last year with near zero rain in July , despite very wet June , locally about the same as last year .
Disease took its toll on many fields in all NW Sask depending on several factors .
Some very big corn crops , most silaging is done
This next 7-10 days will put a wrap on field work for the year , a few farms will be struggling for a while yet to finish harvest

[fjlip]

A few canola and oats to go...area 95% done. We dried half the wheat aerated rest was in 15%'s. Canola all dry 7-10%, 10% acres drown outs, usually the best yield area. Finished Oct 1st. Pic is the last hopper.

Most are applying NH3, trucks hauling steady. Disking weeds in wet spots. Soil is hard and dry on top from POUNDING rains all summer! Burn that cheap diesel!