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.
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.
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