Harvest Progress/Early Crop Quality

[terralex]

Thanks Tom, didn't realize that grading change had taken affect.


Wilagro, I don't blame the CWB for everything. Sometimes its the NDP's fault

We are just about 3/4 done combining. Another 7 days should have us done.

[TOM4CWB]

Wilagro,

Since you brought it up, actually the CWB is primarily responsible for the Hard Viterous Kernel (HVK) standard... the CGC has known for some time that HVK does not affect milling quality.

Hard white wheat has no HVK standards from day one... and my understanding is all other HVK requirements have been removed from other classes of wheat... 1 CWRS is that only grade it applies to. These changes occured Aug 1 07. US standards are much different than Canadian HVK assesments.... with HVK being a seperate grading factor outside the primary grade when I shipped my CPS/CWRS a few years ago.

30% HVK in Canada was equal to 65% in the US system then... I don't know if this has changed much.

It used to be if you put the wheat on a flash light, with it on, if the kernel was translucent it was a HVK then if you cut it in half cross ways to the fold in the kernel... and it was primarily dark through the middle it was HVK.

Now if it is at all cloudy under a standard grading light it no longer HVK in 2006-07. I don't believe the CGC is changing this in 07-08 for a #1 CWRS.

[freewheat]

oh you guys with your harvest near complete in August!!! That has never happened here, (we hope to start in August most years,) rarely even in september. I would die to have a dry year once in awhile. This probably sounds crazy, but its true. I'd rather have a decently dry, and timely crop than sit here waiting for some sunshine to harvest damp grain, green grain, and low quality grain. Our last good, dry harvest was ( scratches head), well I can't remember. I think 1995 was dry. We may have even finished in September that year. No wonder John deere sends their crews out here to test their combine prototypes under tough conditions. It never fails... Red river valley precip, with a gol dang yukon temperature, makes for high yields (except this year), a lot of straw, and late wet harvests.
Right now here is the deal in northeast Sask.

Winter cereals- Rye, some combined 50 bushels: Winter wheat- none that I am aware. Mine might go later this week. Many drowned out spots, thin spots, so hard to judge yield potential.I'm guessing 45, we can grow 90.

Spring wheat- Scarcley any planted, what was is very late.

Barley- some may be ready later this week 25%. 25% is grass green, and 50 % is turning. Yield could be from 40-90? most 50-60.

Oats- see barley. Good crops for sure 100 plus, but very late.

Peas- many fields grass green, 25% getting close. A good crop generally 40-60.

Flax- surprisingly yellow-brown, considering other crops stages. poor thin stands, too saturated. 15 maybe

Canola- 30% grass green, 30% swathed 40% getting close, within a week. 15- 45 bushels, with few fields at either end many in the 25-35 range, i'd say.

Many crops seeded late: june 15th and some later; that July heat everyone had? Our highest temp was about 34 C, and we had several july rains which slowed progress on an already late crop. 30% unseeded crop due to moisture.

I pulled up winter wheat plants to see the soil moisture. Absolute mud, we still need no precipitation until july of 2008!

Congrats to those who have a good crop in this year of reasonable prices, and my sympathies are with those who are suffering with a small, less than average crop in such a critical year. That is where I'm sitting too ... 35% unseeded, and what is there is much less than average in terms of yield potential, and if it froze, at least half the crop would still lose big time yield potential.

[craig]

Central Alberta
2/3 of winter wheat off. Yield from 65 to 85 bushel average. Drowned out and moisture stressed areas pulling averages down. Bushel weights good 61 ,62 lbs but protein low 10 to 11. Lots of nitrogen applied so thinking shallow root system and excess rain may have reduced availablity to plant. Early barley and peas ready this week.

[highwayman]

Southwest Sask
Peas harvested 3 weeks ago at 30 bus/acre, lentils 1100 lbs/acre #1, mustard 15 bushels/acre, durum 30 bus/acre #1 19%protein, chickpeas 25 bus/acre. Harvest is done, need lots of rain to replenish, darn neer lost my 12 year old down a crack in the ground.

[highwayman]

East Central SK. Not much done here yet. Just finished swathing last 1/4 of Canola today. Straw for 50bu Canola, but those pods look to darn small to me, probably 35-40, barley early barley is coming in around 65, anything later anywheres from 85-90, my first barley will be this week, there is no malt in this neck of the woods!!

[SASKFARMER3]

I to have to agree who the hell is done in August.
SE Sask out of 8000 12% done
Peas Flat on the ground thanks to 4 plus inches of hard rain.
Running 40-60 slow going though.
Swath Canola except for 3 late quarters still green, Thickest will be the last seeded. Big pods, out of 20 quarter it will be average to bellow heat hurt the early stuff. No 50 in our area.
Early Barley is light. Later will be better.
Durum #2 weight 61lbs their grading it two because of its weight. HA HA.
Spring wheat any one who swath is a 2 Later looks like will make a 1 if it stays nice for one more week.

[just_wondering]

Mid west Sask.
Rye 40 and new crop already seeded to new variety Hazlet almost no inputs and 3.60 at local pioneer
Seeder loaded with winter wheat for when canola is off
Finished Lentils the PM redberrys 25 robins a disappointing 17
Yellow Peas done last week averaged 40-45 early seeded 60 late 30 next year will start on peas an keep going until done
in side to side trial tag team out preformed the Becker Underwood stuff by 2 bu.
Metcalf Barley 1/2 done looks good except protein may be high about 14 grader at Cargill thinks it might be selected as the weight is good and its off sounds like not much in the area. (a neighbor said we were too prideful this spring)
Copeland and Xena look good no Sawfly
CPSR and Durum 50% sawfly had to buy lifters for the swathers doing them in 60ft swaths acres will roll in then. Pinnacle Oats looks like a 60 too hot in July to make the 100.
Canola looks like might make 25

all in all 40% finished good quality average to below average yields.

[parsley]

Rain. Southeast Sask.

Parsley

[furrowtickler]

It has rained here at least every third day in august. Peas about 1/2 done yeilds - 30/55, some canola done south of the river 30bus range. Our winter wht, 60bus on first feild, 90 so far on second feild. Green peas are shot, yellows not bad.