To all who hate me for writing about what farming is really like just realize I tell it like it is no sugar coating. Because in Canada weather is the determine factor not some machine, crop advisor, new seed, chem or fungicide that picks winners and losers. Mother nature in this country runs the show.
Now the Friday crop report for our area of Saskatchewan.
Seeding finished last night with the last drill to the north heading home. Only one left is the guy who seeded last year July 1st and then fertilized in August to not harvest a crop. The temps last week did cool and came close to freezing or just under for a short time as cloud cover came up. Moisture is still above in fields and the 1/2 inch rain this week was a nice top up on a spring that really went quite normal. To the south of the Valley a nice rain would be nice and to the north along 16 a nice rain would be nice.
Wheat is up and on its way spraying began yesterday all over the place we will be starting ours today. I would rate the wheat crop at a 9 out of 10 as last weeks cooler temps did slow crop progress but it is nice to see crops growing right up to the edge of water not dead a 100 ft out from excess moisture.
Canola has had a interesting week as early looks real good the late needed the shower after seeding to give it a good start. Odd field sprayed for flee beetles but nothing really and spraying is going to be going on canola next week when temps go up with Liberty. Most have their first app of Roundup on RR ready canola. You can see rows at 60mph from the road on a lot of fields.
I would give the canola a 8 out of 10 just because.
Barley is up the early came through the cold better than the stuff just poking out of the ground. The early is getting its incrop spray and the later will be late next week. I would give the early a 9 out of 10 and late a 8 out of 10.
Oats is just poking out as it was the last crop we seeded and most guys put in.
Peas wow is all I can say. Wow is the only word to describe our peas in this area. 10 out of 10. Their clean they germinated well and growing like a weed. First spray in crop was done yesterday. Funny when it doesn't rain every night or day how a pea crop can grow. Yes one huge rain can screw it up yet but for now Wow is the word of the day.
Flax is the crop that is doing very well and like I said all winter their is lots in our area. 9 out of 10 so far.
No lentils and not as many peas for our area. But with all the past years of moisture guys just didn't want to roll the dice.
Soy their is a little less than last year most is planted about a week to 10 days ago and is just coming out of the ground. Time will tell.
So again conditions with the 1/2 inch rain on Monday are good to excellent. Sub moisture is excellent but if a guy had to reseed anything shallow it would need a rain to get it going or would be patchy. Top is drying out. Water is dropping. The other day we went back and seeded 70 acres of Low area that was missed in seeding.
So maybe just maybe were back. Fingers are crossed as we move forward. A general rain would be welcome but not a 3 to 4 inch down pour. Pastures are ok but hay crop is not going to be great.
Now the Friday crop report for our area of Saskatchewan.
Seeding finished last night with the last drill to the north heading home. Only one left is the guy who seeded last year July 1st and then fertilized in August to not harvest a crop. The temps last week did cool and came close to freezing or just under for a short time as cloud cover came up. Moisture is still above in fields and the 1/2 inch rain this week was a nice top up on a spring that really went quite normal. To the south of the Valley a nice rain would be nice and to the north along 16 a nice rain would be nice.
Wheat is up and on its way spraying began yesterday all over the place we will be starting ours today. I would rate the wheat crop at a 9 out of 10 as last weeks cooler temps did slow crop progress but it is nice to see crops growing right up to the edge of water not dead a 100 ft out from excess moisture.
Canola has had a interesting week as early looks real good the late needed the shower after seeding to give it a good start. Odd field sprayed for flee beetles but nothing really and spraying is going to be going on canola next week when temps go up with Liberty. Most have their first app of Roundup on RR ready canola. You can see rows at 60mph from the road on a lot of fields.
I would give the canola a 8 out of 10 just because.
Barley is up the early came through the cold better than the stuff just poking out of the ground. The early is getting its incrop spray and the later will be late next week. I would give the early a 9 out of 10 and late a 8 out of 10.
Oats is just poking out as it was the last crop we seeded and most guys put in.
Peas wow is all I can say. Wow is the only word to describe our peas in this area. 10 out of 10. Their clean they germinated well and growing like a weed. First spray in crop was done yesterday. Funny when it doesn't rain every night or day how a pea crop can grow. Yes one huge rain can screw it up yet but for now Wow is the word of the day.
Flax is the crop that is doing very well and like I said all winter their is lots in our area. 9 out of 10 so far.
No lentils and not as many peas for our area. But with all the past years of moisture guys just didn't want to roll the dice.
Soy their is a little less than last year most is planted about a week to 10 days ago and is just coming out of the ground. Time will tell.
So again conditions with the 1/2 inch rain on Monday are good to excellent. Sub moisture is excellent but if a guy had to reseed anything shallow it would need a rain to get it going or would be patchy. Top is drying out. Water is dropping. The other day we went back and seeded 70 acres of Low area that was missed in seeding.
So maybe just maybe were back. Fingers are crossed as we move forward. A general rain would be welcome but not a 3 to 4 inch down pour. Pastures are ok but hay crop is not going to be great.
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