How much yield will be lost this week?

[bigzee]

Combining taking place between Regina and MJ yesterday. If that doesn’t say something nothing will. If this weather keeps up hot and dry there will be many combines put away by Sept long.

[grassfarmer]

We are busy haying, and I keep watching the forecast and radar begging for rain, kids couldn't understand why I want hay to get rained on. I explained that we are losing tens of thousands of dollars a day without rain in our grain crops vs. a minor inconvenience to putting up hay. Our canola still had a lot of potential a few days ago, the supposed week of rain ended up with almost a quarter inch, a few hundredths at a time. That doesn't go farat 30 above. Still flowering, but burning up the lower leaves, all leaves droopy during day, and threatening to shut down flowering way too early. Any lighter soil shows up easily.

Our heavy clay and infinite subsoil hold massive amounts of water, and usually pull us through long dry spells, but there was no subsoil water to hold this year. The 365 day drought monitor map has us between 1 in 50 and 1 in 25 year dry.

Cereals in the area are turning various shades, that never happens in July, and I don't think all of the shades are healthy.

Proof that moisture is the most limiting factor rather than temperature.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Proof that moisture is the most limiting factor rather than temperature.

Yes, 1 year in about 20. All the rest, it is growing season length and heat units.

[SASKFARMER3]

Wow today took yield.

But the guy was on Yorkton radio doing a interview again with farm link and the idiot was talking larger yields than last year.

Every one who uses this service should be ashamed at the bull shit.

Walked 8 quarters hail damage today.

I hate dealing with retired teachers. But after first field and a argument it went rather smooth.

One Barley field 40 plus damage.

Canola 30% on two, the rest not that bad.

Heat is doing damage hopefully one more rain but think late canola will be poorer Han I thought.

Oh well it’s farming.

If they make it sound big farmers will spend spend spend

[Misterjade9]

Still looking good here in the NE, keeping my fingers crossed.

[SASKFARMER3]

Regrowth is happening on worst hail ground

[seldomseen]

Thunderstorms are rolling past tonight that make me nervous. The first one was all wind and a few drops of rain but it is dark again in the west with lightning so my fingers are crossed it goes by also without much rain.

Went for a drive East of here today towards Porcupine Plain and crops looked really good. Better than here just a bit later.

[SASKFARMER3]

Later fields won’t do like early seeded this year.

[furrowtickler]

Simple answer to the first question ... 15 % min of what was there after the past 3 days if you had very little sub soil .... do the math on your own farm ... it’s going to vary as far as yield from area to area .
And that’s on top of average yields at best not bin busters that was predicted by some “experts” a few weeks back. Those “experts” should have their names public and fired for helping drive down local grain prices . People need to be held accountable for the reactions they cause as “experts” ... just my opinion

[beaverdam]

Checked canola tonight, the last week of blooming was a complete waste of the plants resources. 2 - 3 inches at the top of the branches are empty spikes, no pods. The plant would have been better off not trying to bloom in that heat and save the resources to put seed in the pods that are there. Very disappointing, yield will be nothing special, hoping just to meet trend.

[blueversi]

Simple answer to the first question ... 15 % min of what was there after the past 3 days if you had very little sub soil .... do the math on your own farm ... it’s going to vary as far as yield from area to area .
And that’s on top of average yields at best not bin busters that was predicted by some “experts” a few weeks back. Those “experts” should have their names public and fired for helping drive down local grain prices . People need to be held accountable for the reactions they cause as “experts” ... just my opinion

Like the gov't crop specialist on be radio today from the southern portion of the province saying the crop doesn't look quite as good as it should but no signs of disease. Wow, brilliant!!! Our tax dollars pay these people? Unbelievable

[SASKFARMER3]

I agree fools should be called out. I read the report from one company. Wow is all I can say. Then almost threw a wrench at the radio,listening to the guy at noon.

[furrowtickler]

I will say this ... most of us were wrong last year , sub soil moisture did things most of us never seen .. even after 30 years ... this year , completely different ball game

[farmaholic]

No disease? I'm sure the graders will find some...

[furrowtickler]

I have seen it before but did not think it could happen again , year .. 2000 , cutknife / Delmas / Paynton area , pulled off big yield on a very dry year off subsoil . That was 80% of western Canada last year. It can happen , and has .. Western Vickie and SaskcanFarmer can attest to that .
But this year is not the case again for most of us .