Friday Crop Report on a Thursday!

[bucket]

I have everything in my canola from plants thinking about bolting to some just nicely out of the ground. This entire field should be going into bloom right now. The smaller plants look to be on a mission to catch up but that fall frost is a big concern. Cool July ahead which in a normal year would be great but I would rather sacrifice a few bu to heat now than the whole thing to frost in Sept.

Frost in September????How about August the way things are shaping up????

[Guest]

Were at Nipawin, perfectly emerged crops N of Tisdale, no drought at all! Those farmers are winners this year....

Not all are great around here
Heres one that needed rain on alfalfa ground
Most look pretty good though

[jazz]

The crop around here is mostly set now. Early cereals headed 6 or 7 row. Later remain to be seen. Lentils look like the winner. Lots of chicks around look drought stressed for the first part of the growing season, now look water stressed. We have had 5 or 6 inches in the past 2.5 weeks. Not sure how these will turn out. These pulses really dislike wet feet and out of all of them lentils seem to be the most tolerant.

Canola is all over the board. Some guys got it going early but it seems like it stressed out a bit. Cabbaged out and now bolting but looks short and even on the thin side. Beetle damage along the headlands. Some uneven patches. Later stuff all over the board.

[highwayman]

Need the heat here is as well which looks to be on its way this coming week. Highs approaching 30 degrees forecast. .5 to 2.7 inches fell again yesterday across the farm in isolated areas not helping lentils and chickpeas. Canola starting to shape up nicely and cereals looking very good. Sprayers going hard with fungicides and some insecticides for seedpod weevils. 16" of snow the end of April then 7 weeks of drought now 10"plus of rain since 3rd week of June. Hope this carbon tax straightens out this extreme weather soon 😂😂

[woodland]

Mallee that is brome grass indeed. It grows native here and works great for hay and pasture. That pasture has been in grass for probably over 40 years and is quack grass, brome, and Timothy. It handles get fed on over winter and abusive grazing at times. We’re switching our pasture slowly over to alfalfa based for higher production but haven’t gotten it all done yet. What do you use for grazing down under?

[malleefarmer]

Mallee that is brome grass indeed. It grows native here and works great for hay and pasture. That pasture has been in grass for probably over 40 years and is quack grass, brome, and Timothy. It handles get fed on over winter and abusive grazing at times. We’re switching our pasture slowly over to alfalfa based for higher production but haven’t gotten it all done yet. What do you use for grazing down under?

Medic Medicago trunculata ryegrass barley grass brome grass and some with lucerne. And vetch is becoming popular.