Dear Charlie,
I just read this... the crop is never in the bin... til it is in the bin!
Our prayers go out to the folks down under. Fires... crops burning up.
From the Callum Downs newsletter I subscribe to... one of the best yet... to give a window on the world!
'Victorian and SA Crops I think the crop is in real trouble as
harvest progresses into later regions. A client from
Jamestown was describing wheat in heavy ground that had
been topped up with N, as being green, and smelling like hay
- basically the crop has died, not ripened, and effectively it is
like cured hay that is still standing.
Kaniva In the Kaniva region, the crops have just packed it in
completely. Canola and faba beans are not too bad, but wheat,
barley and lentils are just a disaster, much as we have been
reporting for a week now.
Here is how the official yield estimates of durum area
contracts have gone
6 weeks ago 4.5 ¨C 5.0 t/ha
Last week 3.0 t/ha
Today Crop dead © not ripe, but dead.
The expectation (or maybe the reality on some early wheat
harvest) is 50% screenings in bread wheat. Barely that should
have hit malt is just making F2.
Lentils that were assessed at 3 t/ha 3 ¨C 4 weeks ago are now
being harvested. Yield is 1.0t/ha of rubbish.
Mid North SA The early regions in SA on EP and north of
Adelaide, are OK (I think!). The later crops north of
Adelaide, in the heavier soil, higher rainfall regions, are
dying, not ripening, and I think the quality and yield will
nosedive. Again, canola is more likely to be OK, as long as in
the windrow it survives the hot windy weather, and now the
expected rain.
Here is a quote from an email from a highly respected Mid
North operator
Looked at some of our Coral wheat yesterday at Merilden /
Manoora, 3 weeks ago would have said the yield would be 5 m/t per
h easily, now at least 30% down due to the hot weather and maybe
some signs of frost damage. Heads have just hayed off.
Heading to the chemist for the razor blades.
Being a marketing adviser, my advice was to grow a beard, so
that he has no need to go anywhere near a chemist shop for
razor blades. Trust me, I know!!
Yield Potential As you now I gave the running commentary
on yield potential at Callum Downs all year. Just to remind
you where we finished.
Best Ever WUE 6.596 t/ha
Average WUE 4.513 t/ha
Worst ever WUE 2.962 t/ha
I think the heatwave is pushing crops down to the worst ever
WUE, and yields of 3 t/ha rather than 4.5 ¨C 5 t/ha. Then there
is the quality????"
I just read this... the crop is never in the bin... til it is in the bin!
Our prayers go out to the folks down under. Fires... crops burning up.
From the Callum Downs newsletter I subscribe to... one of the best yet... to give a window on the world!
'Victorian and SA Crops I think the crop is in real trouble as
harvest progresses into later regions. A client from
Jamestown was describing wheat in heavy ground that had
been topped up with N, as being green, and smelling like hay
- basically the crop has died, not ripened, and effectively it is
like cured hay that is still standing.
Kaniva In the Kaniva region, the crops have just packed it in
completely. Canola and faba beans are not too bad, but wheat,
barley and lentils are just a disaster, much as we have been
reporting for a week now.
Here is how the official yield estimates of durum area
contracts have gone
6 weeks ago 4.5 ¨C 5.0 t/ha
Last week 3.0 t/ha
Today Crop dead © not ripe, but dead.
The expectation (or maybe the reality on some early wheat
harvest) is 50% screenings in bread wheat. Barely that should
have hit malt is just making F2.
Lentils that were assessed at 3 t/ha 3 ¨C 4 weeks ago are now
being harvested. Yield is 1.0t/ha of rubbish.
Mid North SA The early regions in SA on EP and north of
Adelaide, are OK (I think!). The later crops north of
Adelaide, in the heavier soil, higher rainfall regions, are
dying, not ripening, and I think the quality and yield will
nosedive. Again, canola is more likely to be OK, as long as in
the windrow it survives the hot windy weather, and now the
expected rain.
Here is a quote from an email from a highly respected Mid
North operator
Looked at some of our Coral wheat yesterday at Merilden /
Manoora, 3 weeks ago would have said the yield would be 5 m/t per
h easily, now at least 30% down due to the hot weather and maybe
some signs of frost damage. Heads have just hayed off.
Heading to the chemist for the razor blades.
Being a marketing adviser, my advice was to grow a beard, so
that he has no need to go anywhere near a chemist shop for
razor blades. Trust me, I know!!
Yield Potential As you now I gave the running commentary
on yield potential at Callum Downs all year. Just to remind
you where we finished.
Best Ever WUE 6.596 t/ha
Average WUE 4.513 t/ha
Worst ever WUE 2.962 t/ha
I think the heatwave is pushing crops down to the worst ever
WUE, and yields of 3 t/ha rather than 4.5 ¨C 5 t/ha. Then there
is the quality????"
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