I had a eye opener yesterday! I suggest every one take a driv!

[SASKFARMER3]

If you have a crop coming that's above 7 or 8 on a scale to 10 then spraying is worth it. The one thing the floods taught our farm is F$%K it its not worth helping or saving a dying crop.
Even if some of these crops get two to three inch slow rain their big yield potential is gone. You cant make ugly pretty. You can dress her up and put makeup on but still ugly in the morning.
Most years the floods by the farm progress show week had done their damage and all you could do was sit back and watch the train wreck coming.
Sad part is counting on the feds or prov. to help doesn't work. Even if you do get a check in a year or two from Agra stability they will audit you and most will have to pay it back. Look at broad acre with the best accountants doing the numbers and still they owed close to a half mill back.
Sad fact is your on your own.

[farmaholic]

Re: everybody on their own. It isn't me I'm concerned about but the start-up guys or the ones making an honest humble effort. Established operations should be able to take one on the chin but a barrage of hits could take some good potential producers out... no fault of their own.

[freewheat]

Glad to see some on here who do not spray no matter what. We have been having VERY wet nights. In theory, there should be disease, and lots of it. But there is very, very little. Also, IF it doesn't rain this weekend, areas with a bigger looking crop are going to go downhill very fast with all that material to feed.

I do not like the spray regardless principle either. Spray if needed.

[bucket]

Wouldn't it make more sense to widen the row spacing and let the crop breathe instead of getting a thick canopy that creates humid greenhouse under it?

My neighbor is starting his 5th pass on the lentils. Beautiful crop for sure but he's got at least one more sprayer pass yet this year.

I would be looking for ways to mitigate those sprayer passes.

Corn is on what spacing? There has to be a reason.

[ado089]

Corn rows are 30" because that's how wide a horses ass is.

[bucket]

But it allows air to the bottom. Ground stays shaded and cooler.

[Horse]

Ado dont pick on a horses ass mine ant anyway neer 30 1n.
Sask and Klause and any others that felt the need to drain every slough so you could grow another bu or grain,do you mabey get the feeling mabey some of that water left standing may have helped. They say water breeds water.

[westernvicki]

Went on a drive Thursday, crops looks pretty good, went on a drive Saturday, heat stress was obvious in many fields.

Amazing the change in two days.