Harvest management..

[Sheepwheat]

Good point.
My answers are:
We are using less active grams per acre.
Less harmful products.
And 1/3 the diesel we used to.

But I hear you.

Fungicides was their main Concern. Those for sure have not gotten less. Preharvest bugged them some because they knew the point is even the crops so how can glyph not be getting into the seed if the entire point is to kill the crop?

[furrowtickler]

Had some folks over last night for an evening outdoor meal. They are non farmers, but raised on farms back in the day. Had very interesting conversations about today’s farming, including sprayer tracks all year long in almost every crop. Observant they are. They are not greenies in any way, it still had hard questions as consumers about how this can possibly all be healthy. They are hard questions to answer for us farmers sometimes.

It was a grand engagement. But it is getting harder and harder to back ourselves up on our practices and the sprayer now being the most important tool on most farms nowadays. Love those in depth conversations with consumers. When they genuinely ask fair and probing questions.

Trouble is I am running out of satisfactory answers.

Simply too many guys are caught up in very high fertility, which leads to fungicide to protect that high yield then have to pre harvest because they have to straight cut.
I know every area is different and swaths in wet areas can be a wreck . But in general we will have to change how we approach growing crops . The consumer market is watching closer than ever as you pointed out sheepwheat .
Not saying whats right or wrong at all , but the world around us is changing fast .
It’s easy to adapt, just need to think a little different is all and not drink the “expert agronomist” kook aid . They push farmers hard to do the full meal deal to sell more inputs not what’s best for your farm , simple as that .
High fertility fungicide fields simply not maturing in many areas . Cool growing season does that but it is showing a glaring downside to high input farming .
Had zero disease in peas seeded with planter at 1.6 bus / ac on 15 in rows , no fungicide. Yield ended up 4.5 bus better than the drill seeded at 3 bus /ac ... we will see what happens next year but it was another eye opener for us .

[furrowtickler]

Furrow.i am looking forward to my 160 bushel wheat! Can’t wait to get into it. Lol

We had good subsoil moisture wick helped tremendously. But still lost yield potential with rains coming too late . Very evident combining both wheat and peas .
Wheat especially, wheat yield was only 60% of the good moisture areas . I think we were one good timely rain from a real good crop . Some areas west and north of here should have very strong yields where the rain was much more timely and consistent.

[Sheepwheat]

Been on the go selling lamb lately. I never thought I would hear the following question multiple times in remote rural Saskatchewan.

What do you medicate with, how many times, and is this lamb raised ethically?

Thankful I was well prepared.

I don’t think we all are...

[farmaholic]

Most of our wheat has been swathed AND RAINED ON. Letting it stand in the Slum of the Ghetto and hoping to straight cut it without preharvesting with something is almost futile.

Everyone wants to dictate how we manage our operations but no one is offering me a substantial premium to take the risk of swathing my crop and possibly sprouting.

And the first sign of bleach everyone wants to downgrade it because if doesn't "look" pretty, although the falling numbers could be as sound as can be.

Might be a good year to invest some money with CGC falling number tests.

I'm beginning to think like 15444, asteroid anyone? It might reset some ****en priorities?
When the necessities of life are taken for granted and the public losses sight of them, trivial horse shit issues take front and center stage.....and "there" we are!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[farmaholic]

or maybe we're just too impatient.......
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[foragefarmer]

With all the lawsuit settlements against Monsanto regarding Roundup and large USA Law firms advertising on national Networks looking for new clients, some farmers are dumb enough to come on the Agriville chat line and admit they are desiccating wheat with gly.

Way to many of you take consumers for granted, or worse think they are stupid.

Yes I know consumers take us farmers for granted so save that comeback for another time!

[farming101]

We didn't desiccate anything with chemicals.
Where do I pick up my check? LOL

[farmaholic]

We have the high clearance sprayer
We have the glyphosate
We have a brand new FD135(Will be used on standing flax and yellow mustard)

....and we chose to swath most of the wheat up to this point.
And there is lays, getting washed by rain, like Mother Nature doesn't think its clean enough.
I'm the only one who "pays", or incurs the costs, of the decisions associated with the risks I take. Risks out of my control.

Our grading system needs an overhaul, shove the tweezers up your ass, assess it based on measurable qualities.....
Objective grading not subjective grading.

[sumdumguy]

Those headers better do their magic or have a blower under them. The durum is bending over and the more “showers we get, the more will be on the ground. It’s a dilemma because we all know that it is getting pretty wet under swathes too. A week of warm weather would sure help both scenarios out, wouldn’t it.