Well another week has come and gone and the supposed rain last Friday started just 15 miles from us to the east and took off to create a oasis of beauty for some and a shit show for others.
Here is a look at a map for western canada on moisture the last 30 and 60 days. Some of you are fooling your self on yields. Unfortunately for lots of us it's going to be a disappointing harvest. Ah your canola might bushel at 25 as it hits the bin but when you haul it in try 18 with the weight. Wheat will have little light kernels and barley will be the same. Now they issued a weather warning for heat for most of the west. F$&k some with good moisture will be failing.
To put a spin on this drought and yes it's a drought if you take my sons, me my father and my grandfathers farming life we have never been skunked for rain in July. Never since 1887. To the trolls do the math.
Karma is a bitch to all the trolls your time will come.
Politics I have one question how the hell did Truedeu get on the cover of Rolling Stones.maybe Mad magazine. The world loves a clown I guess.
Ok here we go
Hrs has started to go backwards, disease is getting fields that didn't spray, heavy land is doing ok but the next week will cream it. Yield prospects will be half of our usual wheat. It's sad to say but that's all she wrote. You take your poorer land and your best average out and it's half. Cereals will do better than rest but that's it. Half.
Barley the early seeded fields are turning or burning or just running out of gas. Swathing by the seed growers will begin next week and were a week after that. Yield on early better than late but half last years.
Oats is holding on so far it's short and thin with signs of white showing up. Yield down to early to tell but heat that's coming will cook.
Peas are in final count down with early swatting and desicating taking place on Monday probably for some earlier. Yields again won't be that great but probably better than most thought. It made it before it ran out of gas. Short and probably 70% of normal.
Late seeded that are just flowering or finishing might want to check because aphids are out and ugly.
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