Friday Crop Report!

[JDGreen]

holy let me say it one more time.

[fjlip]

We get the idea, or was that an echo?
What does this land sell for?
What is your assessment?

[freewheat]

OK OK I HEARD YOU!!! I actually have some friends from down there, but they sure don't get rain and yields like that. Not doubting you one bit, maybe they are poorer farmers, but this is the first year they have been happy with the rainfall in many, many, many years. They farm heavier soil than loam too, and are maybe a dozen or so miles southeast of you.

[JDGreen]

This is a small area freewheat. We call the end
of the world 12 miles south. We are fortunate
to be part of it. BTO would hate it here, hutts
and minnows for as far as the eye can see.

[JDGreen]

Sorry fjlip. New scale assesments are in the
63000-72000 range for the good stuff. Nothing
for sale as a rule so market is hard to read.
Minimum 1000 an acre

[SASKFARMER3]

Did some barley today little disappointed 60 but
it's poorer field of the two. Fun to see my 13 year
old picking up swaths all day his younger brother
tracking with the hired man and the rhird
combine doing peas. Cargill closed sat and
Sunday, nice real nice. If it didn't flood out again
would have been a bin buster oh well 2012
should be good since I'm desicating most fields
corner to corner, were back!

[Hopperbin]

Seems a lot of canola coming off the fields around here in under the 8 days in swath. I am thinking its getting hauled to elevator as binning it would be risky even if it is 6 percent moisture. My canola I am going to estimate at 40 bushels now after still swathing it. Actually looks better in field than from road. Over 41 would actually be my best ever canola crop.

[freewheat]

Finally got rolling on my canola today. Might be better than I thought, but so inconsistent. Higher areas i would guess at 50 plus, lower flat areas 0-5, and midslopes 35-40. Now if someone could just calculate how much of each I have on my farm, I may get a half accurate estimate...

Just a bit too much early rain. Three inches less and she would have been a bumper.

First time I've done anything in August in many, many years. I think since 2003, actually. Nice to be out in the warm sun, and relatively long days. Good luck to all, and may safety reign supreme as we all do our utmost to produce food for the ungratefull masses.

[freewheat]

Swathing by the way, not combining, when I say rolling.

[SASKFARMER3]

Lots binning canola after 6 to 8 days at today's
temp hm.