Took a long drive from home ( west central AB) to the extreme East of AB, then south almost to Medicine Hat.
Anecdotally, crops are excellent all the way, just like the experts have been telling us, here is how I know:
Everyone had to apply PGR's like manipulator to all crops, because growing conditions were so perfect, I can tell because most crops I saw were incredibly short, probably applied multiple times. This obviously includes canola, wheat, barley, oats, sunflowers, lentils, mustard, hay, pasture, lawns, golf courses etc.
Everyone is now seeding with planters in rows, I know because you can see the rows in every type of crop right from the highway, especially canola, but also true with cereals, this high tech seeding method is guaranteed to increase yields. I assume that seeing the ground between the rows on a ripe canola crop is even better yet.
Crops that have been harvested, in spite of manipulator were still flat on the ground and had to be cut extremely low to get all the lodged crop, since the stubble is cut right at ground level.
The straw was so thick that it had to be baled and removed, so that it wouldn't choke out the next crop, Every field is being baled.
No one had to harvest around sloughs, these extra acres will undoubtedly contribute to a record yield, although, because it has been such a cool summer, I did notice that the snow has not yet melted out of most of these sloughs, as evidenced by the large white areas, that can only help next years crops when the extra moisture finally melts.
There is a very slight possibility that I have drawn the wrong conclusions from the irrefutable evidence, but I doubt it.
Anecdotally, crops are excellent all the way, just like the experts have been telling us, here is how I know:
Everyone had to apply PGR's like manipulator to all crops, because growing conditions were so perfect, I can tell because most crops I saw were incredibly short, probably applied multiple times. This obviously includes canola, wheat, barley, oats, sunflowers, lentils, mustard, hay, pasture, lawns, golf courses etc.
Everyone is now seeding with planters in rows, I know because you can see the rows in every type of crop right from the highway, especially canola, but also true with cereals, this high tech seeding method is guaranteed to increase yields. I assume that seeing the ground between the rows on a ripe canola crop is even better yet.
Crops that have been harvested, in spite of manipulator were still flat on the ground and had to be cut extremely low to get all the lodged crop, since the stubble is cut right at ground level.
The straw was so thick that it had to be baled and removed, so that it wouldn't choke out the next crop, Every field is being baled.
No one had to harvest around sloughs, these extra acres will undoubtedly contribute to a record yield, although, because it has been such a cool summer, I did notice that the snow has not yet melted out of most of these sloughs, as evidenced by the large white areas, that can only help next years crops when the extra moisture finally melts.
There is a very slight possibility that I have drawn the wrong conclusions from the irrefutable evidence, but I doubt it.
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