Well I said we were one rain away from a failure and I guess over a 100mm on saturated ground is that rain event.
Sad part yesterday after the sun came out in the morning by last night the damage became clear.
Huge areas of fields turning yellow, the next few days will turn brown and finally gone.
Canola early that was at cabbage might make some thing but trying to bolt where the water is sitting.
Barley doesn't like water and it has been stressed since seeding. Spraying on this crop is done and disease has been applied. Not sure why we should put more money after bad. This is 2010 all over again.
Oats up and coming got a good burn off but its slow heat is needed and lots. Funny part the heat from yesterday stirred up a shower last night out of nothing.
Soy likes mud for some reason and looks to be doing fine. Second spray will happen next week.
Peas are a shit show in our area every thing from awesome to total Fu&Kup.
Our early is trying to flower on hills and drowned out in lower areas or yellow.
Wheat that looked to have escaped the water from Farm progress week is now in decline. We went from one heck of a nice standing crop to yellowing and drowned out. If we loose 30 to 40% of the areas a 50 to 60 were now down from what we seeded to 35 or holding. This is one crop that was sad to look at last night going home.
Canola, early is cabbaging to bolting. Leaves are not super big but its coming. Best results are on Burnt stubble, peas or soy stubble. Heavy trash seeding between the rows if early is better but late is struggling. Some fields are turning purple and trying to bolt. These from past experience are F%^ked. They will bloom and look good from road but come harvest will be a shit show.
Flax on some fields is coming through this ok to surprising and then other fields are total yellow and sick.
So to sum up the week its real easy sick feeling now that we have gave a crop every single thing and worked so hard to get it seeded only to see it destroyed, damaged, kicked in head by mother nature on the last few days of June. You can never get a crop back and now you plan to 2015. Stick a fork in this one the big to average crop is gone.
Be safe, try to help your neighbors and carry on.
Sad part yesterday after the sun came out in the morning by last night the damage became clear.
Huge areas of fields turning yellow, the next few days will turn brown and finally gone.
Canola early that was at cabbage might make some thing but trying to bolt where the water is sitting.
Barley doesn't like water and it has been stressed since seeding. Spraying on this crop is done and disease has been applied. Not sure why we should put more money after bad. This is 2010 all over again.
Oats up and coming got a good burn off but its slow heat is needed and lots. Funny part the heat from yesterday stirred up a shower last night out of nothing.
Soy likes mud for some reason and looks to be doing fine. Second spray will happen next week.
Peas are a shit show in our area every thing from awesome to total Fu&Kup.
Our early is trying to flower on hills and drowned out in lower areas or yellow.
Wheat that looked to have escaped the water from Farm progress week is now in decline. We went from one heck of a nice standing crop to yellowing and drowned out. If we loose 30 to 40% of the areas a 50 to 60 were now down from what we seeded to 35 or holding. This is one crop that was sad to look at last night going home.
Canola, early is cabbaging to bolting. Leaves are not super big but its coming. Best results are on Burnt stubble, peas or soy stubble. Heavy trash seeding between the rows if early is better but late is struggling. Some fields are turning purple and trying to bolt. These from past experience are F%^ked. They will bloom and look good from road but come harvest will be a shit show.
Flax on some fields is coming through this ok to surprising and then other fields are total yellow and sick.
So to sum up the week its real easy sick feeling now that we have gave a crop every single thing and worked so hard to get it seeded only to see it destroyed, damaged, kicked in head by mother nature on the last few days of June. You can never get a crop back and now you plan to 2015. Stick a fork in this one the big to average crop is gone.
Be safe, try to help your neighbors and carry on.
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