Friday Crop Report! on Thursday!

[furrowtickler]

Even as dry as it has been - in general here other than one rain - root rot showing up in peas . Hard to believe but it's back - again. So far just a few low spots . We will be checking various seed and herbicide treatments and plots later today/ tomorrow .

[Guest]

furrow , what do you see first , does plant just die ? haven't grown peas for years

[Braveheart]

Farmaholic, beans are loving our heat. We're above normal in temp and precip. Re drought and beans, I have no experience, but those little hairs on the plants look like they would keep the evaporation rate lower than canola.

[Braveheart]

Our hay crop is anywhere from frosted crap to why is this so good?

One trial we're doing involves .75 liter/acre of Lignohumate on a hay crop. it was really to see if it would improve feed value. Unexpected, the alfalfa has gotten thick and VERY rapid growing.

[MBgrower]

East of braveheart in the valley crops doing great. Moisture adequate to surplus. Winter wheat heading out, spring cereals beginning to elongate. Canola generally good to excellent, some suffering effects of frost, beatles and too much moisture. Beans fantastic. Nothing seems to phase this crop, unlike the ugly sister. Very few canola acres in the area, king beans trumps queen canola.

Braveheart. Beans hate drought. Will stop growing and wait for rain. Crop will end up short, and will need an air reel to push them over the cutterbar.

[Partners]

Finished spraying our wheat today..Must say it looks Good considering we have had no rain to speak of..

[furrowtickler]

Case - I spotted some yellow streaking in low spots . 1st sign - 4-5 days they are dead - can't do anything .
Seems to be just in low spots or water runs for now
Checked other areas - even some healthy lookin plants we dug are pooched . If the roots are pinching of and look even a bit woody - they are done in 5-7 days .
I will send some pics to Klause if he is willing to put them on here .
Most likely no relation to preburn this year as there were no flushing rains after burn off at all.
Looks to be just localized low areas for now .
Looks to be 35-38 days after seeding date

[ajl]

S AB now has winter wheat that has burnt up. Brown patches in the crop with the low spots still green. Rain is too late. There is some spring wheat in patches that will be there by next week. Starting to wonder if the peas will even bother to bloom in some fields. Can see dark drought stressed patches from the road. Irrigation generally good. Have not seen this many pivots going in June for many years.

[ianben]

My weekly update supplied by Cargill

The 1 million acres of Canadian canola which had to be replanted due to heavy frost on 30th May is expected to receive some welcome rain over the next few days. This should allow these plants to get a great start and it is possible that they may yield as well as if the frost had never occurred.

Still seems you guys have no problem.

[farmaholic]

ianben, Industry propaganda.