Well what a week. Every thing from the flood to a fricking hail storm that started with a lovely Tornado picture by Saskatoon and ended with devastation in Virden Manitoba. In our area the storm started to west of us taking about 4 miles and headed to crooked lake. Picking up speed at Balcarres and then again at Neudorf. Some fields are so bad you don't know what was seeded in them. They look like SMF.
Most are getting close to finishing spraying in our area. That's in crop.
One advantage of being late all wheat oats barley were done at close to flag or flag so got a good dose of Acepella with spray. If the flag now is close to 3/4 inch wide I guess the nutrients and chemical is working.
Sad part most in our area are talking Hail and flood would be better than a shitty crop.
HRS is starting to finally find the anhydrous and take off. The fungicides are doing their job and keeping what plants are their alive. Brown areas now appear and their still are yellow areas that have water under the canopy that might make minimal grain.
So wheat actually moved up a point but dropped in acreage do to dead spots appearing from flooding. Heads look to have about two spikelets less than last year. 60 bus wheat had 16 spikelts and 6 to 8 rows. This year 14 and who knows how many rows. That's a 14% drop in yield from last year even if it looks good now. That's three bags less grain. Then take out flooded acreage and not 2013.
Soy looks ahead of last year and will get final roundup Friday. It is one crop that has come through the rain and every thing excellent. 4 to 6 inches tall and loving the hot days. It changes I swear every time you drive by the fields. It is ahead of last year at this time. New varieties so who knows.
Peas WTF is about all I can say. Got out of our fall contract and no their wasn't a act of god. Thanks. Cost $10,000.00 but they wrote off the administration costs. HA HA HA. Yet when our contracts on HRS and Oats and Barley got screwed we got what SFA. We had severe hail on peas and had to make that decision. Rest that's left has water issues and 140 acres looks great out of 800 so math isn't their to cover costs on contract. Peas were a bust in 2014.
Canola well what can I say the Retarded sister just cant come back. Sick plants in wet areas that remind most of 2010 all over again. Our best section had hail so WTF. Last seeded now looks better than the middle seeded. All sprayed and clean because thin stand and weeds have no competition. Premature bolting. Just not going to be good.
Here is a quick fact that a few farmers I talked to this week have on what we think the final numbers with yield last year compared to this. On our farm we will have about 50 to 75 thousand bushels less canola than last year. Take flooded out acreage then double for sick spindly plants and then good yield on rest. Cant make a silk purse out of a pigs ear. Funny all the Seed genetics, all the spray, fert etc. You cant bring a shitty crop back from the dead if mother nature doesn't want it to live.
Oats that looked so sick last week must have finally found the gas or caught up to it and is coming on strong. Where it was sitting in water is gone but rest is their. Fungicide and final spray will happen today.
Barley still doesn't look that rosy but is turning around yield wont be their but hey their will be some sort of a crop unless more rain comes.
Flax in area seems to be doing ok in the mud not sure when I grew it never did. Hail on a lot and don't think it will come back.
Lentils in area are few and far between but did see a whole section at Indian head that has maybe 35 plants left on it. WTF was the comment then wow is that bad.
So to sum up the week, bad hail storm adjusters probably arrive mid august. HA HA.
Crops are coming along but Canola is two weeks behind and needs a push. HRS if heading starts by Craven Friday its getting close to normal. The heat we are getting is greatly appreciated and wow is it nice to finally put away the rubber boots. No insect troubles and fields are drying up not bad. water still running in creeks and between some sloughs where the hail storms were.
Be safe have a great week and enjoy the summer were at the half way point in the year.
Most are getting close to finishing spraying in our area. That's in crop.
One advantage of being late all wheat oats barley were done at close to flag or flag so got a good dose of Acepella with spray. If the flag now is close to 3/4 inch wide I guess the nutrients and chemical is working.
Sad part most in our area are talking Hail and flood would be better than a shitty crop.
HRS is starting to finally find the anhydrous and take off. The fungicides are doing their job and keeping what plants are their alive. Brown areas now appear and their still are yellow areas that have water under the canopy that might make minimal grain.
So wheat actually moved up a point but dropped in acreage do to dead spots appearing from flooding. Heads look to have about two spikelets less than last year. 60 bus wheat had 16 spikelts and 6 to 8 rows. This year 14 and who knows how many rows. That's a 14% drop in yield from last year even if it looks good now. That's three bags less grain. Then take out flooded acreage and not 2013.
Soy looks ahead of last year and will get final roundup Friday. It is one crop that has come through the rain and every thing excellent. 4 to 6 inches tall and loving the hot days. It changes I swear every time you drive by the fields. It is ahead of last year at this time. New varieties so who knows.
Peas WTF is about all I can say. Got out of our fall contract and no their wasn't a act of god. Thanks. Cost $10,000.00 but they wrote off the administration costs. HA HA HA. Yet when our contracts on HRS and Oats and Barley got screwed we got what SFA. We had severe hail on peas and had to make that decision. Rest that's left has water issues and 140 acres looks great out of 800 so math isn't their to cover costs on contract. Peas were a bust in 2014.
Canola well what can I say the Retarded sister just cant come back. Sick plants in wet areas that remind most of 2010 all over again. Our best section had hail so WTF. Last seeded now looks better than the middle seeded. All sprayed and clean because thin stand and weeds have no competition. Premature bolting. Just not going to be good.
Here is a quick fact that a few farmers I talked to this week have on what we think the final numbers with yield last year compared to this. On our farm we will have about 50 to 75 thousand bushels less canola than last year. Take flooded out acreage then double for sick spindly plants and then good yield on rest. Cant make a silk purse out of a pigs ear. Funny all the Seed genetics, all the spray, fert etc. You cant bring a shitty crop back from the dead if mother nature doesn't want it to live.
Oats that looked so sick last week must have finally found the gas or caught up to it and is coming on strong. Where it was sitting in water is gone but rest is their. Fungicide and final spray will happen today.
Barley still doesn't look that rosy but is turning around yield wont be their but hey their will be some sort of a crop unless more rain comes.
Flax in area seems to be doing ok in the mud not sure when I grew it never did. Hail on a lot and don't think it will come back.
Lentils in area are few and far between but did see a whole section at Indian head that has maybe 35 plants left on it. WTF was the comment then wow is that bad.
So to sum up the week, bad hail storm adjusters probably arrive mid august. HA HA.
Crops are coming along but Canola is two weeks behind and needs a push. HRS if heading starts by Craven Friday its getting close to normal. The heat we are getting is greatly appreciated and wow is it nice to finally put away the rubber boots. No insect troubles and fields are drying up not bad. water still running in creeks and between some sloughs where the hail storms were.
Be safe have a great week and enjoy the summer were at the half way point in the year.
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