Friday crop report on a Thursday!

[woodland]

Really getting dry. I’ve never seen alfalfa bloom in May at 4 inches tall here. Haven’t seen this pasture since Tuesday when we kicked some heifers out and it looks stalled out and a lighter shade of green now. Lots of leaf hoppers and some tiny grasshoppers coming too.

Still seeding and trying to get that wrapped up hopefully in a few days barring any more equipment issues. Definitely had enough of those already this year…….. Then on to branding and moving out pairs. Looking forward to trying out the new tipping table on the calves. Should take some of the ache out of a few usually long hard days.

A friend sold some cull cows and averaged $1.53 which is quite the change from a buck that I got and was happy with in January

At least it’s not so smokey anymore. Beautiful sunsets from it though.

Hopefully everyone gets what they need moisture wise🍀

[furrowtickler]

Sprayin first pass on RR P510G

[jazz]

Sprayin first pass on RR P510G

damn, not even a weekend at the lake and the sprayer is out already.

[furrowtickler]

damn, not even a weekend at the lake and the sprayer is out already.

Mother Nature not kind to missed opportunities

Done what was ready , BBQ fired up

[fjlip]

damn, not even a weekend at the lake and the sprayer is out already.

And now weather is getting wetter, spraying nightmare has happened in my career. Not ready...soon too big weeds/crop.

[furrowtickler]

And now weather is getting wetter, spraying nightmare has happened in my career. Not ready...soon too big weeds/crop.

Yup seen it many times .
Just gotta go when Mother Nature allows , the day of the week means nothing .
See too many weekend warriors miss perfect spraying timing and conditions to be at lake , only to home Monday and giver in 50K winds .

[Rinker]

We are coming up to the 3/4 mark getting the crop in. Caught some beauty rains over the last week, dried up enough today that we are back at it. Between the large snowfall and the rain events we are sitting very nice indeed.

[jazz]

Neighbors place pretty much right where the tornado was spotted. Could have been a plough wind too.

I think that shed was 200ft long.

[furrowtickler]

Fleas started again , 2 nd cycle , should not be an issue at all here . 90% dead fleas from treatment already . It’s actually nice to see when canola not struggling from frost ……… so far



Every single beetle dead at touch ,
Seed treatments actually work when conditions are not adverse .
Adverse conditions, way to dry , frost … virtually useless …. Just a fact

[furrowtickler]

If we were dry , like normal, or had a touch of frost , like normal…….. there would be beetle juice and Alpine in the tank asap

[furrowtickler]

98% of the agronomists would disagree when it comes to that situation with a frost or dry conditions, but they all are wrong .
They need to eat to die , but a struggling canola plant will die .

We are fortunate at this point with a few rains not to worry yet ….

[furrowtickler]

At this point here , with decent conditions, not worried at all , true leaf will be virtually untouched.

[Herc]

Buteo and trueflex. Both good tools for “adverse” conditions…

[Sodbuster]

We tried something different this year, we seeded the 2 outside rounds with Buteo on most of our fields and the rest with Helix/Lumiderm. Maybe the Helix will be a better replacement for Prosper, only time will tell. This is one of the few years that growing conditions for canola haven’t been affected by frost, low temperatures or dry conditions, let’s keep our fingers crossed.

[Blaithin]

Barleys up nice. Seeded 9 days ago. Be ready for a drink soon.