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    Friday Crop Report on a Thursday!

    Oh how I love internet problems. Had report finished and went to file and internet drops. Now retyping as all lost. UGGGGG
    Ok things are looking better with the weekend Non rain event. 1/4 inch is the first week since May long weekend that our rain events have stopped. Now only 10 miles east not so good and south of Valley yesterday not so good but for now its a little catch up, recovery going on.
    Ok here it is.
    HRS is on its way to be one of the nicest over all crops we have grown. The flooded areas died but their is no yellow ugly spots it was either die or go great. Most fields are Flag to heading. Early fields are getting Prosaro or what ever, next week will look like WW# with ground and planes dominating the fight on FUZ.
    HRS is a 9 out of 10 just cause a 10 out of 10 is huge yield potential on all fields.
    Durum is coming along and filling in and that nice deep Blue looking stage at flag. First app of fungicide done and second will happen at head. and maybe later. Because I screwed up with seed source its a 6 out of 10 but coming along nice.
    Peas don't like water and water turns them dead or yellow or just fricking ugly. Some fields in area are a 9 out of 10 but wait they have never had peas before or rotation is 8 years on. Maybe something with that rule when its wet. I have one that needs a good hail storm or fire or tillage etc. Not coming back the rest are good and really good. So with the flooded field were a 7 out of 10.
    Lentils our area has a few and guys should be spraying. Lots of Vegetation doesn't give yield just makes disease if it turns dry and then no yield. If it stays wet you bale a nice crop.
    Flax in area is any where from awesome to WTF. Flooding is cause of WTF.
    Oats we don't have but most that do look real good.
    Barley is a 9 out of 10 with Fungicide going on or done. It is so wet in Canopy yesterday at 3 my tires on sprayer were still wet and shinny spraying fields.
    Canola doesn't like the water, and the real bad fields were seeded the two days prior to the first hail storm that had over a 1.5 in of wet pea hail. Soaked in and thinned the heard. Early seeded looks great and full flower. Late seeded looks good and coming fast. Fields were recovering that had real bad damage but those have higher areas thick then thin then nothing. They are 100 km crop inspecting fields. Don't fly the drone over them as it is not nice from air. So 1/3 are real good 1/3 are ok and 1/3 are sick but might recover a bit if it stays dry side.
    So 7 out of 10.
    Corn, the USA rule "knee high by the fouth of July. Tells of early good growing season. Well the crop is at that stage.
    Soy looks good on drive out and locally. Town has soy test plots this year. We took a sabbatical. Most fields are getting close to the Blue deep green stage in another week.
    Pastures are 8 out of 10 or better and hay fields are nice not the best but nice.
    So another week has gone by and that's to fact we have heat and missing the rain its actually been a good growing week. Plants recovered or died which makes fields look better.
    So remember to be safe out their as its just a crop that the companies will take there pound of flesh and leave you with the scraps to pay the bills do all the work take all the risks and hand over the rewards to the buyers. Ah what a system. Watch lentil prices and peas and wheat and canola nose dive in the coming weeks.

    Happy Canada Day!

    Enjoy with family friends or just take a drive and see this big wonderful province, if your not spraying for Midge or Disease.

    Be safe.

    #2
    Why I created the Friday crop report on Thursday. Read today's edition of the western producer all they're talking about his province wide huge crop! To all those farmers who have had hail excess rain flooding or drought they're idiots. Get out of the office more than 50 miles from the cities and look it's a good one yes but there is guys who are stressed Hurting or wondering why they even farm. So yes the Friday crop report is to show what's happening in different areas of the products and maybe even with the good reports and the bad so I'm reporter will understand it's a good one with the areas that have issues .

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      #3
      ....all SF3 said X2!!!

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        #4
        Yep, when you drive around here, there are some fantastic crops but lots that are yellow, weedy messes. There are still guys here who don't fertilize and others who are big farmers and have lost the touch. Its a long 5-6 weeks to the finish line and now starts bug and disease season. Are we having fun? 🍀

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          #5
          Lots of potential for the crops, everywhere we have drove..

          All Ag dealers are licking their chops as farmers are spending dollars before its in the bin..

          If it happens, sure hope our great rail system can move the grain..CP is working on the track by our yard..So we might be OK...J/K...

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            #6
            CP is laying people off.

            If they went back to work today it's still a month to straighten shit out and bring the power back on line for harvest.

            Before they lay people off every elevator should be empty and so should every railcar.

            But let's create a bottleneck or at least plan one ......ffs.
            Last edited by bucket; Jun 30, 2016, 08:56.

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              #7
              The organic crops are growing along with the weeds.
              I can confirm CP is laying off. I have a landlord who has been bumped from his position and nkw he goes to bump another employee who will have to look for different work.

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                #8
                On the other side of things ....farmers looking for combines to ensure they can handle crop in what may be a difficult harvest.

                Two different mindsets.

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                  #9
                  I have a short report. My crop sucks. The two inches last weekend was not helpful at all. Good emergence, but really, really late, biggest is 4 leaf in places, and now it is that sick purple/yellow/bronze color. You ho have been too wet know the color. The weed, AKA rr canola, which volunteers for at least 5 years, makes my pursuit canola look plain ugly. It looks like I have no clue. I am one of those guys SF talks about who is sitting here AGAIN, on the outside looking in. Sinking up to my ankles in slop as I look at the color sick, is anxiety inducing.

                  Some nice crops around though. Just not mine. I truly feel like I have lost my touch. Used to be a top producer, IMO.

                  Unless a miracle occurs, I am looking at crop insurance. Good news is the hay and pasture is great. Timothy will be seeded as soon as it gets dry enough again. Water everywhere.

                  My saving grace is I did not go all in with the latest and best variety, have faba bean stubble that needs less n, lots of clean, preharvested land.

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                    #10
                    Oh, and spray planes are going hard these days. I have no idea for what, and frankly don't care. My crop is getting not another penny.

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                      #11
                      Well, went out for a bit of a drive checking hay etc. Wow, I am not alone. Some fields I would estimate have lost 40% of yield because of that rain. Lots of sick yellow dying crop out there. Guess misery loves company.

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                        #12
                        I hate to say knowing that there are some with poor crops out there but I have the best crops I've ever grown so far. Mustard has been flowering for two weeks and is almost too bright to look at. Thick and waist high. Lentils are flowering and just covered the ground. Peas are over my knees and for the most part you can't see ground from the cab of the sprayer. Over 10 pods/flowers/buds per plant, and the early pods have 6-7 peas. Barley is just heading out, thick and filling 28 kernels per head. Organic crop up north looks great because it's later but dad's conventional crops around it are starting to burn up. Things look great but there isn't an abundance of moisture and a good soaker would be welcome, if not needed over the next week. Not buying a new combine just yet.

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                          #13
                          I hate to say knowing that there are some with poor crops out there but I have the best crops I've ever grown so far. Mustard has been flowering for two weeks and is almost too bright to look at. Thick and waist high. Lentils are flowering and just covered the ground. Peas are over my knees and for the most part you can't see ground from the cab of the sprayer. Over 10 pods/flowers/buds per plant, and the early pods have 6-7 peas. Barley is just heading out, thick and filling 28 kernels per head. Organic crop up north looks great because it's later but dad's conventional crops around it are starting to burn up. Things look great but there isn't an abundance of moisture and a good soaker would be welcome, if not needed over the next week. Not buying a new combine just yet.

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                            #14
                            I'm not much of a crop farmer but pretty impressed with these neighbours crops. Small operator working with a little 2wd tractor, harrows, an old box drill and a trailed fertiliser spreader. Seeded the crops in the driest, windiest days of May I thought he was losing a crazy amount of moisture. Don't look half bad to me.
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                            And a picture of my own. Seeded out a pasture mix last spring and threw in 0.7 lb/acre of sweet clover, just a ridiculous crop, need to silage it as we can't even see the fence posts never mind the hot wires and its way beyond grazing.
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