If I here or read one more time "excellent growing conditions" I'm going to puke!

[SASKFARMER3]

Honest to god where do we get these so called
experts in agriculture. Every day I read some
where ( except Larry) how crop conditions are
great with the cooler temps promoting great
flowering and head filling. Yes if this was first of
June coming great but it's August first you
morons. In Canada we have this thing that
happens after the 20 th of June the days get
shorter and the night get longer. Dah were flicking
wet from Calgary to winter peg. Bring on the heat
is what we need not flicking 15 to 20 temps.
Then when it freezes oh every one should have
been going earlier. Dah snow on ground till 10 th
of may.
Get the f$&k out of you offices and actually check
what the hell is happening.
Most farmers don't have a warm fuzzy feeling
about this crop.
Heat burn the bitch and let's get on with harvest is
what we need.

[freewheat]

with every passing day of cloud, and temperatures under 20, I get a
little more nervous...

And they keep changing the forecast. Last night today was to be
sunny and 21: Now, cloudy, 60% chance of rain, and 18. Not really a
heat unit day.

In this area, the rain is the first blow, the lack of heat and sun
is the coupe de grace.

SF, perhaps they are talking about the drought prone regions which
are actually green and lush...

Thankfully my canola is pretty much shutting down, but there is a
LOT that has only been blooming a week, and lots that is just
showing first flower. Some oats still not headed... And these were
not exceptionally late seeded crops: They simply have had no heat
units.

How the soybeans doing wit no heat? Last year was a good bean year,
but this year with no heat, I think a lot of guys might come back to
earth...Here the beans are just stalled, sitting there. Yellow,
short, stunted and thin....

[agstar77]

Excellent growing conditions, wheat filling well and soybean pod filling. Should all be mature by the end of August. Frost would have to occur in August to do significant damage around here.

[SASKFARMER3]

Beans are starting to pod. Shorter than the last
few years. Lots of late hrs and canola that's just in
full bloom and flowering starting in hrs to early
head. Late prosario might have been a big
mistake, if you end up burning a crop.
Ag looser if I get all August yea will have some to
Harvest so will some of Saskatchewan, but most
need till sept 10th. That's the real story!

[agstar77]

I can't speak for your conditions only my own. We have not had a lot of rain so the crops have advanced and are pretty much on schedule. The market will determine the final condition.

[dave4441]

I love the cooler weather, just what my canaryseed needs!! Durum on stubble is ripening, lentils starting to turn. Looks excellent.

[SASKFARMER3]

Dave don't make me drive out to your farm and
call you a fricking BS. You need three weeks to
four?

[errolanderson]

SF3 - some parts of Alberta, the canola
crop maturity appears ahead of schedule.
It will be a mixed bag across western
Canada.

Updated U.S. crop ratings as of Sunday;

Soybeans . . . now rated 63% good-to-
excellent, down 1% from last week. The
ten year average is 59% for this time of
year.

Corn . . . now rated 63% good to
excellent, unchanged from last week.
This compared to the ten year average of
61%

Sidenote . . . appears that funds are
now building a heavy short position in
canola. This also means that there may
be eventually be a sharp shortcovering
rally . . . when it triggers.

[furrowtickler]

I see many "excellent" crops around here as well - 3 weeks late though with a severe lack of GDD..... I duno??

[JDGreen]

Zero harvested here in the next 5 weeks. Nothing
until September. Need 6-7 weeks to escape
damage. It gonna be a close one. Lentils are
turning into a haycrop. Looked at a neighbours
large greens today. Flowering for 35 days and
virtually no pods. Vine length of 36".. Reds are
better but the big yields won't be there in them
either. To cool to wet . Earliest durum 5 weeks
from harvest. Canola swathing in 4-5 weeks.
Pea dessication in 4 weeks

[ALLFARMER]

Holidaying from High Level to Falher to
Lloydminister to Rose Town to Medicine Hat to
Lethbridge to now Calgary over all crops look
pretty damb good. Was only plus 7 in Lethbridge
last night.

[ALLFARMER]

O ya looks like the boys in Falher have the
Canola on Canola figured out now. Looks like 75
per cent planted yellow.

Rosetown wheat looks just past heading out. Zero
in the seeds yet. Some Canola at Raymond was
totally yellow yet! Some canola in La Crete/High
level done flowering. Thought the south was
always first???

[sumdumguy]

Our rule of thumb - if lentils arent 2/3 podded by
July 17, then they start the regrowth and turn into
excellent hay. They really need hot, dry stress to
finish off. Early Mustard here is starting to turn.
That may make it, but overall other crops better
get some serious heat.

[highwayman]

Cutting canola here in 2 weeks or less I suspect.
Seeded may 8-12. Cosidering leaving some
stand for straight cutting. Heavy well knitted stand
laying over badly. Top pods fully formed, filled and
can just about roll between fingers. Yield estimate
at this point looks to be well above average. Early
durum (brigade) is full and turning. Later durum
still filling. Both show promise. LG lentils podded
well and still flowering. Need heat to shut them
down. Reds podded well and showing signs of
turning. Chickpeas podded but very slow filling,
still flowering, might be in for a wreck on that one
without some heat soon.
Anyone with canola straight cutting experience I
would appreciate your input.

[freewheat]

DAVE 4441!!! Tell me about the cool
weather for canaryseed???? What do you
mean by this? Just wondering, as I have
some nice looking canaryseed, and it has
been cool...

TIA.