Western Canada crop yields

[wmoebis]

So the CWB does a tour and publicly reports findings. Right or wrong 'Good for them' I say.
The other marketing companies have staff in every area, every day watching/seeing what is happening daily. Reporting back to their marketing arm but not reporting anything to producers so they can maybe use some of the info.

I'd like to see a posted reort from every marketing Co. like the CWB did.

PS: Not sticking up for CWB but doesn't seem right that we only get one view. Used to be that every elevator, every Co reported to us through the CWB then we got a clearer picture from everyone/everywhere, weekly.

[dave4441]

The differance is that the new CWB is looking for members/vendors/investors/partners. Fast forward to a publiclly traded company, in a few years, and whola, no more production reports. At least not publicly.

[Klause]

No what we need is an independent report like the US and Europe has by a 3rd party.

Anything a grain Co says will always be skewed in their favor.


My # are...

Wheat 47
Durum 50

Canola 29



wheat has lots of potential everywhere.


Canola is screwed everywhere. This heat while filling hurts seed size

[dave4441]

I dont know what the durum number is but it is a strong crop and very little impact from flooding. And price is hot. Looks like a sell but i dont want to have a green pea moment pre harvest as i have had last couple years.

[furrowtickler]

Canola not screwed every where . Variable but not screwed

[bucket]

Hey. I just got 2 inches of rain in 30 minutes, that's gotta make it a bin buster, right???

But never mind the fact I didn't get my crop sprayed at the right time and the extra top up fertilizer on either. Its ****ed - really.

[JDGreen]

Klause where would you actually get your durum number? If BS were gold you could retire... Paging HOPPER !!!! Be careful the shit from your neighbor is at danger of flowing into your yard ...

[Partners]

Wheat in the area looks like 50
Canola between 15-30
Oats- awesome if it make it..

Barley 50 or less

[TOM4CWB]

Bucket,

Be careful about the 2 inters... sometimes they can surprise!

The western Canadian Prairies were developed... by grasslands... which do NOT fix N naturally.

So where did all the N come from... to build the soils we now farm?

Ever wonder how bin busters happen when the N was not applied by the grower... yet the folks harvesting got a big surprise???

That N came from the air... from big dumps of rain... that were loaded with N from lightning storms that brought the rain.

Is this quantifiable?

Difficult to say... storms a very variable. Agronomists that sell fert. seldom will admit that any significant N could come from the air in rain storms.

Yet year after year... after big rain events that had lightning and thunder every 10-30 seconds... sometimes for over an hour...you know the kind... has added massive N to crops on our farm.

Mother nature is still full of surprises... and just like with electricity and understanding how it works... the N cycle and rain is far from being well understood by those who think they know everything!

Cheers

[TOM4CWB]

That was 2 INCHERS... spellcheck got me...