Not sure what to do with this

[jazz]

. Farming requires knowledge, skill and attention to detail but sometimes you can't do enough or you're NOT "lucky"(remember grassy?).

I have a neighbor that ONLY seeds canola into wheat stubble, never into anything else just to take advantage of that little bit of spring moisture. He never takes a chance on getting a rain. Guys like me seeded into dry as popcorn flax stubble this yr. Others seeded into dust in lentil stubble. Those crops are 2 weeks behind the rest now. Never have I waited 8 weeks to get a first rain.

[macdon02]

Took this picture tonight. This field received it's third tenth of rain since the snow flew.

Think I am going to wait until mid next week and then see what kind of a mood crap insurance is in.

If you can average something in the middle of the 2 pics for plants/sqft. You're laughing as far as establishment goes. You got the establishment, you got the yield coverage, at this point, id take it to yield, it's clean and isn't gonna cost you another $75 to reseed, or whatever the number is. Reseed pays 1 in 10 imo.

[biglentil]

I have a neighbor that ONLY seeds canola into wheat stubble, never into anything else just to take advantage of that little bit of spring moisture. He never takes a chance on getting a rain. Guys like me seeded into dry as popcorn flax stubble this yr. Others seeded into dust in lentil stubble. Those crops are 2 weeks behind the rest now. Never have I waited 8 weeks to get a first rain.

Here the canola on durum stubble looks just as bad if not worse than on lentil stubble. That late May frost hit the canola on durum stubble especially hard. There is one guy that seeded canola May 28th into moisture. Nicest canola around.

[biglentil]

Ya, that's a different story.

I have some stuff I'm not proud of either but there is potential. Just ****ing hard to look at and probably will be until after harvest.

I don't have solid rows through out the fields and some thin patches and the odd bald patch.

Seeded some canola on flax stubble....disced a wee bit on the quarter, less than afew select "small" areas. Had to spread some ground piles from flax windrow bunching...."very" light shallow cultivation(barely considered). Made a narrow fireguard against my neighbour's wheat stubble with a 14 foot spiked cultivator...SHALLOWLY. Anywhere the ground was disturbed....poor establishment, it's so obvious. How do the vertical tillers get away with it? Do they pack that well? One year my neighbour used the Protill, you could see where they went, like cutting with a knife.....they blamed cutworms...lol.

Funny on the gumbo where the protill went last fall is the nicest canola establishment. Like cutting knife.

[LEP]

Anywhere the ground was disturbed....poor establishment,

That's our experience with any fall tillage year after year.

[farmaholic]

Funny on the gumbo where the protill went last fall is the nicest canola establishment. Like cutting knife.

Maybe it turns that cement into something more mellow?

[biglentil]

Could be or its the stimulation of the microbiome which gave the canola that fighting chance.

[farmaholic]

Could be or its the stimulation of the microbiome which gave the canola that fighting chance.

Oxygenating?

In the Slum we would be dehydrating

[the big wheel]

I'll get it right eventually.

Don’t you know global warming it won’t freeze until November. No worries.

[ajl]

Looks better than a lot of my canola now. Mine has drowned. Lakes everywhere and forecast calling for more rain tomorrow night. Got a half inch this evening after 3 in in last week and 7 in last month on top of a full soil moisture profile. A bit of rain and yours goes. Fields here look like rice patties. Drought beats a flood any day.