Friday Crop Report on a Thursday!

[SASKFARMER3]

I’m done couldn’t give a fricking shit what some of you think.

We always park the combines like that at night seems most farmers do oh I’m bad.

Manitoba would need yields in the 100
Plus at 15% of countries canola acres to make up for the shortfall in west.

So hate me I don’t give a shit.

We’re finally backin th farm game.

[bigzee]

The next pics will be taken in Hawaii and Florida.
Don't get me wrong I'm not jealous one bit!!
Just sick and tired ..... like everyone else of the complaining and whining. We are all "*****" for voicing our opinions, but I personally don't give a rats ass. Sk3 I sure hope you get your last 3 inches to give you 4 before fall, because of the obvious.
My farm hasn't seen a meaningful rain in almost a yr. Had 7 tenths all yr but those were little shots here and there when the crop was past the point.
Most are hoping for a big one starting tomorrow, let it come. I wish everyone was done but we can't turn down a rain when I've forgotten what it looks like.

[SASKFARMER3]

Big z the last fifteen years how were your crops?

[bigzee]

Since 2010 up till this yr we have been wet. I can't remember the yr but we seeded just over half the acres. Sure we got paid the "too wet to seed acres", but still didn't make up for the potential of having a good crop. I never did once bring up those years and bitch and complain. I did pull pull of some mammoth crops in the past few yrs, quality maybe wasn't the best but had bushels.
2004 we were hit with a major frost, like most were, another tough one to take. But again it's in the past, if I had to think back to everything that went wrong I would likely not be farming.
I planted my 31st crop this yr, lost my dad 6.5 years ago, so have had to deal with adversities myself.
There are good years and bad, that's the way it is. Every occupation is in the same boat. Yes, sometimes it can be the best of us that's our nature. We are all in a very expensive business and can't afford to have things go wrong, but sometimes that's the cards we are dealt with.
My crop wasn't the best, but I've come to realize there's worse out there. Cutbacks may have to be made. We will make it to put a crop in 18, mine main concern at this point is moisture, like most.

[SASKFARMER3]

Thanks for explaining it’s farming in canada if it was easy most would do it. Yea I take each year to heart I really do love what I do. The one thing I can’t control is the weather and it gets me down. Maybe that’s why I like hawaii same temp every day and we’re on the dry side of the island.

But honestly this year looked like biggest crop ever coming then the July rain got close hit a Few farms but missed a few. Funny how Mother Nature works so yea the drought helped our area a lot.

We’re back and I’m finally had a happy harvest.

[woodland]

Boy woodland is that crop ever green. Was that taken in the last day or so? Heavy too! My goodness it will have to lay there for a while to cure. ....hope you get a long open fall where you are.

That picture was from yesterday. It's not all that heavy and green. There's lots burnt off and drowned out areas too.



Some spots are hardly worth cutting like this hillside in today's field.

Just started the furthest along wheat and it's 22%. I guess our old POS dryer is going to have a workout this year. I said when we were seeding that I doubted we'd be combining in September....... I guess I was wrong by one day. 👍

[grassfarmer]

Good grass country out there though, that's what it grows best. Sure noticed the difference when I moved down here - guys combining spring wheat in the first week of August instead of the first week of October!

[SASKFARMER3]

Rained us out last night. Down to 8 quarters dryer cleaned greased and ready to go.

[SASKFARMER3]

On the last 1000 acres before hopefuly the rain hits. Now just dry from last nights showers.

[woodland]

Those are some pretty nice swathes SF3. Started raining at 9 pm here and is supposed to switch to snow overnight. At least the rain should hold the swathes from blowing away in the 80km+ winds tonight. The barley looks dry from the road but there is lots of green seeds yet.



This field was so wet on June 15 that we floated the seed on to sprayed out fescue sod and harrowed it in. The 875 versatile couldn't pull the 50' heavy harrows ( kept sinking) so we put the 855 challenger on them and my brother would throw rooster tails when he turned. The old neighbor stopped and said "there's now way that's going to turn out!" I didn't think it was going to either but it's fenced (and along the highway of course😉) so the cows could have ate the evidence if that's the way it went.



Three passes of the harrows and you couldn't tell it was sod. Quite the crazy year.