Well what a week, On Sunday we lost one of our own on this web site. RIP Hopper! Rains seem to move from west to east but still seem to miss some guys. Hail is starting to pick up but nothing major yet and finally a new Farm show was born this week hopefully it is well attended so it can continue. Your never to old to learn something new. Funny thing Sundays event got me to thinking that it is only a fricking farm and life is to short so I spent this week doing things with my youngest son all week what ever he wanted to do or learn, It was one fun week.
So for our area it was a week of showers for a total of close to thee inches. Sad part were back to full ground moisture almost, as water is pooling now and some spots are not going to produce any crop due to, Yes Flooding!
So here is the Friday crop report.
Hrs. we finished the last fields of Prosario on Friday before the first wave of rain again on the weekend. Crop is looking very good with early fields filling on average 6 to 8 rows and 15 to 16 spikelet's. I seed some later varieties so heat is what I need to push this crop along. My newer earlier varieties are filling very nice. Some lodging taking place as wind was present with one storm.
Peas are all now in shut down mode and I think if the weekends forecast comes into play maybe Monday to Friday next week we will start to desiccate the first fields. They podded well on the later fields the first fields hit flowering in the week I missed one rain event. So far they are standing nice.
Barley is now fully headed and will be tall this year. Heads are similar to last year and look to fill nice as we have abundant moisture. Some lodging is taking place. Guys with early barley the head is drooping as a sign its filling well. Color change is only just starting.
Canola is finally just shutting down on my Early seeded RR variety. I think DuPont's new one will win. Stands nice and flowered long. The Pioneer some the big rain and wind event on Friday twisted and lodged. Liberty is going strong but showing signs of shutting down. By next Friday all will be done flowering. Tall crop with good pod development. Funny might not be our largest yielding year ever but so far each field will have similar results across the board.
Oats has come a long way since seeding and now is looking better still not our largest yielder ever but will have good results.
Soy has been blooming for little over a week and only thing I could of done different is do another RR app in July as some weeds have showed up. Nothing major but not a totally clean field. Their tall so first pod looks to be above the cut line.
Flax in the area is not as good as last year but fields are filling in.
Corn is almost at height of shoulder.
Hay and pasture is doing real good as some will now get a good second cut.
Durum in area has smaller heads than usual but will fill nice. Early seeded and early dry must have set size before the rain.
So only major thin on the crop report is we are approaching full on the moisture front and again one big big storm away for a harvest shit show of mud and being stuck. Yield will be above the trend line but not at the level of 2002 before the frost.
Bring on the heat and lets get this one in the bin.
Again its only a farm that all who supply ship and resell will make out the best leaving you Mr. farmer with the scraps. So hug your wife, child, friend or neighbour as life is way to short to worry about useless shit.
Be safe and have a great week.
So for our area it was a week of showers for a total of close to thee inches. Sad part were back to full ground moisture almost, as water is pooling now and some spots are not going to produce any crop due to, Yes Flooding!
So here is the Friday crop report.
Hrs. we finished the last fields of Prosario on Friday before the first wave of rain again on the weekend. Crop is looking very good with early fields filling on average 6 to 8 rows and 15 to 16 spikelet's. I seed some later varieties so heat is what I need to push this crop along. My newer earlier varieties are filling very nice. Some lodging taking place as wind was present with one storm.
Peas are all now in shut down mode and I think if the weekends forecast comes into play maybe Monday to Friday next week we will start to desiccate the first fields. They podded well on the later fields the first fields hit flowering in the week I missed one rain event. So far they are standing nice.
Barley is now fully headed and will be tall this year. Heads are similar to last year and look to fill nice as we have abundant moisture. Some lodging is taking place. Guys with early barley the head is drooping as a sign its filling well. Color change is only just starting.
Canola is finally just shutting down on my Early seeded RR variety. I think DuPont's new one will win. Stands nice and flowered long. The Pioneer some the big rain and wind event on Friday twisted and lodged. Liberty is going strong but showing signs of shutting down. By next Friday all will be done flowering. Tall crop with good pod development. Funny might not be our largest yielding year ever but so far each field will have similar results across the board.
Oats has come a long way since seeding and now is looking better still not our largest yielder ever but will have good results.
Soy has been blooming for little over a week and only thing I could of done different is do another RR app in July as some weeds have showed up. Nothing major but not a totally clean field. Their tall so first pod looks to be above the cut line.
Flax in the area is not as good as last year but fields are filling in.
Corn is almost at height of shoulder.
Hay and pasture is doing real good as some will now get a good second cut.
Durum in area has smaller heads than usual but will fill nice. Early seeded and early dry must have set size before the rain.
So only major thin on the crop report is we are approaching full on the moisture front and again one big big storm away for a harvest shit show of mud and being stuck. Yield will be above the trend line but not at the level of 2002 before the frost.
Bring on the heat and lets get this one in the bin.
Again its only a farm that all who supply ship and resell will make out the best leaving you Mr. farmer with the scraps. So hug your wife, child, friend or neighbour as life is way to short to worry about useless shit.
Be safe and have a great week.
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