Lentils Prediction

[Quadtrack]

I'm north of the typical lentil area- black soil zone - and the lentils look as good as they ever have. Lots of pods already and lots of flowers. We have been exceptionally dry this year with maybe three inches of rain. I've been growing reds for about twenty years. Been one or two poor ones in that time - always from too wet rather than too dry. Feel for those of you in the ten plus inches area
Prices- just guessing obviously but I don't think we will get much below .30. Maybe initially in fall but demand from India is going to remain strong at moderate prices.

[highwayman]

After the rain predicted for the next few days takes its toll, good quality greens will shoot to the moon, IF there are any. Lentils are still looking decent here but rains every other day will start to send them backwards as it has been to wet in some areas to get fungicide applied with ground rigs. Planes in big demand. JD looks like some bad hail south of you. We caught some as well 60 miles to the east

[JDGreen]

Yup lost my south field of Large greens in that one Monday night.. Ahhh farming ..

[Westcentralsk]

Will have to pull a rabbit out of a hat to get a lentil crop in this area. Crop looks amazing from the road except for the yellow root rot spots that are showing up now...but walking into it, there is amazing plant growth(reds)but few flowers. Pull back the plant and see the mud and the mushrooms growing. With another half inch last night and what looks like a big soaker on the way, I've quit spraying for disease and will head to the lake...let crop insurance deal with it now.
Find it funny to see all these pics on Twitter of growers bragging about there huge plant growth and how lush their lentils are...I've never had a good crop with this kind of plant growth. The small stressed out crop is where the yield comes from.

[bucket]

I should take a picture of side by side lentil fields ....one is my neighbors pouring the groceries to it and the other is mine.... have a contest to see the yield difference.

I hate narrow leaf hawks beard but it might keep those lentils standing in my field.

This is madness at its finest.

Call it companion cropping.

[Klause]

[ado089]

Just starting to pod so who knows?