Well another week has come and gone. Huge rain event in Saskatchewan and Manitoba and parts of Alberta. Big heavy rain does not make grain. We had a total on one inch in the time period. It was a nice amount with very little pooling of water. Ground moisture is back to peak and we actually probably don't need none till the last week of July to fill nice and turn. What we really need now is heat and not the Chemical. Warm days and nights. This temp thing has me a little worried. Time will tell.
So here we go.
Peas we are all over the map with this crop. One half looks really nice and filling really nice almost done flowering. One half has issues with Heat and hawks beard but that is another story. That half has drowned out areas that disease has shown up. But higher ground podded nice and is shutting down. Last fields needs a hail storm a disc a what ever. Flooded early then root rot from years of peas. Should of burnt the heavy wheat trash but hey it was a very dry spring thought why dry it up some more. Well it was a bad decision since flooding and springs has taken there toll. So 1/3 nice 1/3 ok and 1/3 not worth shit.
Wheat most have finished or just finishing spraying Prosaro or Caramba or what ever on the wheat crop. Midge were out a bit to the East of us and a few did spray. We are down to last half section of fungicide and the sprayer will be parked. "Yea right".
Fields that were wet last year with high ground water didn't recover as good as I hoped after the May long storms. They are nice but not like Wow or any thing like that. Wheat on well drained soil or Ditched land looks really nice. Don't think it will be as good as our 2013 HRS but it is nice. Some leaf disease was seen at time of spraying.
Durum experiment that has not gone that great is Headed and sprayed twice. Once at flag and then at head. Time will tell but poor seed has issues with lots of open area and now wild oats.
Canola is either finished Cabbage and Full Bloom. Spraying is done or just about done. Have a few new test Fungicides from a few companies. Nothing major to report yet but time will tell. Our usual seems to be doing just fine. Spots that were sick and flooded in May have plants now and are filling in. Those spots will produce but not major amounts. Rest looks nice with very big leaf matter and nice healthy plants. Tissue tests showed only Boron was a little low. The next two weeks weather will tell.
Barley is really tall this year not sure why but it seems every one has tall barley. Sprayed just as head in boot and looking real nice.
Oats we don't have but most are in spraying fungicide mode and look real good. Very little oats this year in our area. More barley.
Soy doesn't have that Awesome look like other years but filled in nice and starting to head to the flowering stage.
The one guy with Corn it is Wow. Growing like a weed. Looks great.
Lentils the few that have are busy spraying a third time and looks to me like lots of plant and very few if any seeds. Maybe not the year for them in our area.
Flax has recovered on good ground and early bloom.
Pastures are really nice and thick and hay is starting to be cut. Weather is a issue with on and off rain.
So things are progressing along rather nice. Its no Bin buster but a Normal crop. Lodging is happening on certain fields or areas where heavy showers keep following. Weeds are showing up in all crops as it has been wet and lots of new growth has happened. Next big thing that we might have to spray for is Diamond back moths. Just saying. Midge was a non issue in our area.
So maybe we will finally get a rest from chasing up and down in the sprayer or planes or choppers. Maybe its Craven or Bust or Beach retreat. Ag in motion next week by Saskatoon. I went last year was fun to look at different varieties from each seed company in little test plots. The demonstrations etc. Hey only problem will be parking in that field if it rains lots.
So be safe enjoy the Summer as the days are starting to get shorter.
Happy farming because its only a crop that the companies will take and leave you with the scraps. Family at home is way more important than any thing else.
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