Ah, the harvest season is starting to rev up. But we finally got our first precipitation in 38 Days and it was a whopping 2.5 mm to the north of us about 7 miles half an inch and did hear from a friend who was dry all year up to 1.5 inches on his low yielding Durum.
Some are calling Trump's way of Dealing with a Bully.
Nope if you know Americans they don't like Nafta blame it on all the problems but they were mad at one country Mexico, not Canada. America has always been Americans first rest second. So if our Genius in Ottawa just would have grown up and went down and met with Trump and said were with you deal with Mexico and we will then do a deal together I feel it would have got done right.
But no our Gay pride gender neutral bullshit screwed up. Again the Kids table tried to go sit at the Adult table and got Canada Screwed again. Now the Americans know were weak and are going to have us sign a useless deal thanks to Captain Canada F#$King up.
It must be tough to be a Liberal and Watch this shit show and still go I'm proud of our PM and the Liberal Party. Hell if Harper did this he would have had a revolt and been tossed out. But the Liberals stick with their fool till the lights are out.
Sad Canada can't get its shit together.
Did hear a rumour that maybe India is back buying Peas. Hm most sold off the combine and grain companies dropped the price to lowest in history if this is true how much profit will be made. Ah, the poor grain companies. We need open sales data from the Coasts and real concern and real fines. Transparency is needed in the grain trade in Canada. Oh, and it wasn't Captain Canada or our pulse board that got them to change. IMO.
So now on to the Crop Report as the Liberals go another week in there mandate and do nothing for the good of Canada.
Harvest in our area is probably 21% we are sitting at 16% complete as peas were delayed compared to most.
Peas are for the most part all off in our area and so are most of the lentils. Lentils did very well from reports I am hearing peas got stuck at 20% below average. Fields hurt since spring recovered but yielded way lower. I feel lots will quit growing peas in our area and if it stays dry switch back to lentils like the 80s. Pea seed if guys don't test have cracks in the seed coat due to environmental conditions and will not germinate. Check seed if growing peas as some lots might be a dud.
Soy is all but dead for a crop that will be grown in our area. Every field will be crop insurance as no pods. Beautiful looking crop with three pods or less. Needs rain when the rest of the crops don't in August.
HRS for most is sprayed or swath and the waiting is happening. Most filled up all aeration and now are letting it dry on its own. Swath HRS we picked up before the rain on Monday.
Yield is as good as last year and the new varieties are showing they can grow shorter and yield way more. But one problem is still out there thanks to the flood years when talking to a lot of people in our area. You maybe seeded 140 acres or 160 on some fields but the foxtail or salt areas need another dryer year to actually get back to production. Ah still seeing the effects years later. But one thing is certain were back to almost all fields end to end and that's what I like.
Flax is either sprayed or swath and the waiting is on.
Durum is for the most part harvested with yields similar to HRS. Great quality.
Barley is also for the most part harvested and the Malt game is on but this year feed is almost just as good and no hassle.
Rail Cars are short and not seeing lots of movement.
Pastures and hay land are taking it hard. Need something before freeze up or not good at all. Green feed seeded end of June is having issues in places but overall its handled the heat not bad.
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