Will western Canadian crop size/conditions matter in this years market?

[furrowtickler]

Ask and you shall receive

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Thx 👍
That in no way will translate into a big crop of any sorts .
Maybe average overall at best

[AlbertaFarmer5]

I just checked Alberta's drought maps, the majority of the most productive areas are all in varying degrees of drought. The exceptions being the extreme east and north.

In my area for the 365 days preceeding, we are at a "less than 1 in 50 year dry", ( and that includes a huge amount of snowfall this winter which all ran off of frozen ground. On the 90 day, we are 1 in 12 year dry. That does explain why the hay crops are so pitiful.

The soil moisture map looks even worse than the rainfall, with the entire agricultural area being short on soil moisture. https://www.agriculture.alberta.ca/acis/maps/soil_moisture_(modeled)/spring_wheat/current/SmCur_y2018_m07_d10_b.png[/URL]

[farming101]

Luxuriant vegetation does not automatically mean a bumper grain crop. Forage yes

[furrowtickler]

Luxuriant vegetation does not automatically mean a bumper grain crop. Forage yes

Very , very true . Something called maturity comes into play in most of western Canada lol