How bad is it.

[TOM4CWB]

They buried my neighbour this afternoon...

THE rain in the past week has helped fill the wheat and barley, still not enough to start second growth...

Late seeded canola is back in bloom, then cooked on Wed/Thur, now back cool, don't know but it looks pretty well finished...

I am amazed how an half an inch of rain can fill wheat, it is astounding...

Went to get 36ft straight cut header, will park some combines as now 1 combine can do more than 2 could before... have to make the best of this, as seed genetics are in as bad or worse shape than the cow herd... Common seed will have to be used in some cases as this disaster wrecked over 50% of seed production in Alberta I estimate...

With fusarium problems for importing seed into Alberta, recertification of seed to build stock seeds back up will likely be needed...

[rodbradshaw]

Had a preharvest done on barley today. It came in at about half of our long term yield. Barley is going to need to stay at over $4 just to break even on the rented land with rents tied to the price of barley.

[charliep]

With a 9 bln corn crop south of us and carryovers under 1 bln bu, the question is how close CBT corn comes to averaging $3/bu. Not much chance barley will drop below $4/bu this fall/winter. Spring is open to debate if we kill demand as much as I think might happen and a combination of increased acres/better yield prospects promises a big crop. Still lots of action ahead.