Its So Dry

[furrowtickler]

Had a good shot of rain earlier this morning, winds are finally not from SE
Just hope the NW winds stay reasonable.
Canola might be up to 8% moisture today lol. Just hope that swaths don't start moving much .

[farmaholic]

Its been so dry that I'm conditioned to think it won't rain. Some years you took every available minute to harvest,,, this year there didn't seem to be a panic, the risk of rain never seemed to materialize or develop and we probably had a false sense of security. Seems once a trend(dry) is set, what does it take to break that trend. Just have afew acres of flax left. Then some potholes that are ready. Then some that need to be cut but will wait til this "system" passes through. If it drizzles or rains a bit we will be ready to burn the bunched flax straw piles.

Can you imagine how much rain it would take to replenish subsoil.... man is it dry here.

[fjlip]

Canola at 4.5%, industry gets 4% bonus in dry matter, Farmers SFA. Seeds are so small crop is10-20 bushels short. Will hear if straight cut filled any better. me thinks the green in the plants got SUCKED down into soil not like normal soil into plant.

[Guest]

Canola at 4.5%, industry gets 4% bonus in dry matter, Farmers SFA. Seeds are so small crop is10-20 bushels short. Will hear if straight cut filled any better. me thinks the green in the plants got SUCKED down into soil not like normal soil into plant.

What ? You didnt grow 47 bpa like they did in the south with 1.25" rain , wtf ?

[Partners]

Local Dekalb plots went over 60.straight cut.
Yes it's dry..but way more fun than a mud bowl..crop damage was done a month or more ago..get it off before it changes..it will change.

[Hopalong]

If we were paid for canola on the basis of oil content, we would get a bonus for overdry.
Government regulated maximum moisture levels go back a long time ago, before modern tests.

[fjlip]

Local Dekalb plots went over 60.straight cut.
Yes it's dry..but way more fun than a mud bowl..crop damage was done a month or more ago..get it off before it changes..it will change.

Sell the swather! Shit cost me 20 bu /acre x$10 x your acres=$$$$$😳😩

Our damage was early June floods! Costs as much as hot July

[seldomseen]

Sell the swather! Shit cost me 20 bu /acre x$10 x your acres=$$$$$😳😩

Our damage was early June floods! Costs as much as hot July

I agree the canola here won't set record yields but that's because of wet spring and has nothing to do with the hot summer. We had lots of water down below that the crop did not get.

[helmsdale]

It's so dry I just finished 80ac of soybeans and didn't fill a 3ton. Somebody made a killing off those things... sure wasn't me!

[farmaholic]

It's so dry I just finished 80ac of soybeans and didn't fill a 3ton. Somebody made a killing off those things... sure wasn't me!

With soybean's moisture requirements, I'm still not convinced they are a crop for our area. The wet spell of the past several years may have given some growers false hope/sense of security. Klause said it well...do you think soybeans are a crop to grow in lentil country? Grow both the same year...surely one of them will do alright.

[sumdumguy]

With soybean's moisture requirements, I'm still not convinced they are a crop for our area. The wet spell of the past several years may have given some growers false hope/sense of security. Klause said it well...do you think soybeans are a crop to grow in lentil country? Grow both the same year...surely one of them will do alright.

Almost all the soybeans around here suffered the same fate so they won't need a semi in the field. Just needed rain badly.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

It's so dry that the grain merchandiser's have started coming up with new stories to talk the price of grain down. Such as canola no longer requires moisture to grow a bumper crop, growing 47 bu/acre with no rain and +30 all summer.

[sumdumguy]

Maybe we can companion-crop for insurance.