Well as we round the corner in the last days of Wheat harvest before we go hard on Canola thats left to finish Harvest 16.
Rain happened like clock work Friday and Saturday. Then Sunday was sunny and windy and same Monday. Finally Tuesday after noon we were able to try wheat yes it was tough but we dried and finished up my Durum. Great day yesterday starting the last 6 quarters of wheat then on to Canola thats left. Maybe some custom harvesting again and 2016 is a wrap.
Will it be the year of the Grades, Year of the yields, Year of the floods or just your normal average year.
I think the last will win out.
HRS is mostly done in our area with odd guy just finishing up. The rain on weekend sure made fields wet as we were stuck twice yesterday and pulling tractor is in field now with crew. Yields are where its good its really good and where its flooded its the F$%king shits. So average all around.
Durum for as poor as the field looked all year and all its problems from poor seed to hail to flood to wildoats etc. It averaged out not great but not poor. Quality is better than most because maybe it was so fracking thin. Will try again next year with the double spray. Plus way better seed quality.
Canola most are on their canola. Yields are good but again if you had flooding its going to average out to a average crop. Strait debate vs the swath. The strait were going tuesday and it was dry the swath guys were going yesterday and it was dry. RR canola is one big weed with open frost fall as most fields have some in cabbage stage.
Peas lentils all done even the shitty field that no one could figure why the guy swath and left. Poor on lentils poor later peas and again average because of flooding early in year.
Oats lots are just getting going or going big yields and heavy is the word. lots swathing now with this latest window so no shelling out.
Barley the last is being done or done. Poor with sprouts, yielding good but no malt. Early seems to have one the malt barley but not all. Still shopping one big bin.
Flax most have desiccated or are swathing now. Rain tangled lots up and harvest will be interesting. Yields will be down from last year.
Pasture and feed. Last guy is knocking his late July first seeded Barley and oats for green feed. Thick and lots of bales. Guys are still having good pastures but they are getting chewed down.
Fall work in our area. Lots of guys starting to heavy harrow in between the rain but are still concentrating on harvesting. We have worked all pea stubble and all canola harvested so far. Also as a experiment I worked end to end our Barley fields. Sure smoothens out the ruts. for previous years mud and hopefully catches no snow. Ground wet with one month left. Fall spraying taking place.
So most small guys are wrapping up. One very large farm across valley is done. We hit the 60plus yesterday and on to the last stretch. Wheat will be done today.
Be safe and remember the ones at home are way more important than this fracking crop. Harvest on and lets get er done.
What are other areas seeing or at. Good 10 to 14 days and most would be done.
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