Ah the Blue Canola, Not a good sign, But what aren't the Experts telling us.

[SASKFARMER3]

On the two and a half hour drive North One thing is sure, The rains are spotty and if you luck out it's not that bad but if you don't its ugly thin trying to bolt and blue. Its third week of June.

But relatives in Germany have been texting it's also hot there.

German farmers could see big losses of around half their harvests - and in some cases, all of them - due to unusually warm temperatures and dryness is seen in May, the head of the German Farmers' Association said in an interview published on Sunday.

Russia and Ukraine are also dry. It's a whole Nothern Hemisphere thing.

But the Markets are not even moving a 1/10 of an inch up. Why is it that, the whole world praying for rain. Or is there no demand for any place. USA trade wars, I'm curious but if this was a few years ago shit would be moving not dropping.


Who missed the rain and who got.

What are the crop conditions. in your area.

[ajl]

Blue canola starting to show in this area too. Weekend rainfall varied from nothing to some significant field flooding in area. Personally got 3/10 of an inch on canola which is helping keeping it going. May get more today.

[bucket]

Fertilizer toxicity?


Needs rain to melt it in dry soil.....roots hit that band and what are they going to do?

Not like last year where the subsoil moisture would break it down....

[sumdumguy]

Spotty showers everywhere, 3/10 to zero to 7/10. Durum and wheat look great- the all I’ll say. You gotta farm for your soil type. There is no one size fits all.

[bucket]

Spotty showers everywhere, 3/10 to zero to 7/10. Durum and wheat look great- the all I’ll say. You gotta farm for your soil type. There is no one size fits all.

Sure but when you are sitting on drill and the rains they advertised 2 days out don't materialize. ......???????


Off topic....but it's pretty tough to believe their predictions 100 years out when most weatherman or climate people can't predict yesterday's weather....

[checking]

Yikes! Sitting on a drill, oh, wrong drill!

If talking rain, not canola, the area is blue, and getting darker.

No complaints.

[tubs]

crops looked fairly good till now but loosing yield every day managed to miss all the rain this weekend. Showers were really spotty a few miles over they got 35 mm.

[Oliver88]

Canola futures moving downward today.

[SASKFARMER3]

Again the market knows jack shit. Ducking morons

[bucket]

Guys in Winnipeg figure the crop is in great shape.....we cry wolf too often .....the difference is subsoil moisture ....the rains and the timing become very critical this year.....an inch a week too late won't help the crop this year....and most are a week too late.

[Partners]

Guys in Winnipeg figure the crop is in great shape.....we cry wolf too often .....the difference is subsoil moisture ....the rains and the timing become very critical this year.....an inch a week too late won't help the crop this year....and most are a week too late.

Too much hype at last yrs drought and it turned out better than thought.so this market waiting till combines are done before they react.

[SASKFARMER3]

Agree on both bucket and partners comments. Last year all sask was saturated from one end to other nice warm growing season and roots went deep gave a decent crop. This year tank is on add and find gas soon.

Three inch down pour does shot all except fill sloughs.

Ah farming the stupidest way to make a living period.

[Klause]

Agree on both bucket and partners comments. Last year all sask was saturated from one end to other nice warm growing season and roots went deep gave a decent crop. This year tank is on add and find gas soon.

Three inch down pour does shot all except fill sloughs.

Ah farming the stupidest way to make a living period.

Last year our lawn stayed green all year. This year, as soon as that heat hit it turned brown... and it was a lot hotter for a lot longer last year.


Seeing same thing canola turning blue. Peas started flowering and they are only 6" tall... further west of Humboldt you go the worse it gets.


Get west of Prud'Homme and things get really bad. Bare hills, tillers in wheat and barley are dying. Canola turning blue.


They got a good shot of rain two days in a row though, so hopefully helps things for a while.


Problem with "just enough" moisture (and we haven't even hit that yet) is next year will be worse.


Also crops are going into their biggest moisture and nutrient use stages now... Going to need more rain.

[farmaholic]

....anything I get above average is a bonus, anything below average is a reality check(cheque).

The level of satisfaction with the outcome is directly related to "your" expectations!

[seldomseen]

The flooding rains in early June packed our land and weaken our canola and that was followed by two weeks of heat and no rain so now the canola has small grayish green leafs and is bolting.

Even though there is lots of moisture down a ways its looking like we will have to get lucky to make average and if it stays hot and dry it will be below average.