Mother Nature just took another million tonnes off the books

[Hopperbin]

I think if I tried to direct cut my last field of Canola I would have just as much dirt in the hopper as canola. Could a person actually sell shit like that? LOL

[Hopperbin]

Making more money from a crop than a different crop or making more money from a crop are two different things.

[JDGreen]

Why are most fields seeded north/south when my whole life the most damaging winds to canola swaths have come from the west? Been switching fields east/west for a few years now. My swathed east/west fields are perfect, the neighbors north/south are not so good..

[cottonpicken]

Free,i distinctly remember the vast majority of posts
being empathetic to your prior weather wows.

[furrowtickler]

Jd , I agree , i have no idea why guys seed and swath north to south - bafling. Then piss and moan the swath blew. The swath always settles way more the dierction of seeding and blows less with the 90% prevailing winds.. Same guys that go to Vegas and bet the house on a pair of 7's i geuss?? Also compmplain that that variety blew worse than the other seeded and swathed east west ???

[furrowtickler]

I know i am going to hear ,"it did not matter which way" - maybe not, but 90% of the time it does. Much like the fungicide debate , but it did make a huge diff here - if it(caonal/peas) were sprayed at the right time it is huge. B/C of the earlier rains (in this area) than the past 5 years, 20-30% flower was a huge benitfit, 50% flower too late. Sucked but while every one else was at the lake fishing, I sat on the sprayer. Then I went to the lake.
No doubt in some areas it did not matter, with thin stands and way too wet but some are just coming up with excuses here. And yes we have been lucky with weather up till now, but so has everyone else in a 20 mile radius of here. Outside that area it is a different world and not slinging mud at most of you. Localy I got abused for spraying too much, again time will tell. I played the cards as they fell, not coffie shop shit. Good luck too all, very wet here now, can not even swath.

[fjlip]

Agree, always swath E-W. Smoother field to also seed that direction.
Does everyone use a swath roller?
Some neighbors do not.
We never pack too hard but squeeze a bit to compact the canola.

[freewheat]

Cotton, some were kind enough, though some
were kinda not. Some told me to leave my
swamp land, lol. It's all good, I'm a
tough German, hardy peasant stock kinda
guy.. LOL

[farmaholic]

I will take full responsibility for the things that I can control or things I could have done but didn't.
Wilagro, we never did have oodles of trees here, on the edge of Regina Plains, there were some but nothing major so wind still tends to howl. May I ask you if you have any skin in the game of actually producing a crop, do you actually farm?

[farmaholic]

Sorry for not reading the entire thread to get Willies reply.

Parsley: sorry can't help with the wine-olin lessons(maybe could have 20 years ago) but I am an expert whine-olin player!!!

[wilagro]

farmaholic: Just quit farming cereals...just into grass now...too old to hack it any more. That's life.

Parkland area here...used to be lots of trees although fewer all the time as some big farmers cut 'em down. Soil used to blow here in the old days too. Most farmsteads still have trees and some vulnerable land lined with windbreaks where far-sighted farmers planted for the future.

[SASKFARMER3]

Jd I agree we have always seeded canola east to
west then spray east to west and finally swath
east to west. Finding fields that I worked with
Kelly harrow last fall look better, thicker bigger
pods, hm I am on a half section that I worked the
middle and it's better. Im thinking maybe a way to
beat the rain. Shallow tillage and high speed.
Maybe grasping at straws but have to try
everything to beat the moisture. We finally missed
a downpour. 1st storm in years.