Well, the picture tells the story. It has been another cool cloudy with a chance of sun and rain all week. In our area, the pea harvest hasn't even started yet. Guys are doing 40 acres or so and then getting rained out. Yesterday was a wet afternoon, but moring was sunshine and wind. They are drying these acres by aeration. One field the guy has been there for going on two weeks.
Now anyone who got Drews text last night or received his procrastinator I'm sure wasn't eager to open and listen or read. Like a friend from Australia texted me is it Biblical rain coming or rain. Hopefully, it misses us.
Total for the year is now over 12 inches since snow left. I got stuck spraying yesterday, so that tells the story.
So here is the crop report for the first week of September, yes its September and haven't moved a wheel yet. Now the Dryer is cleaned out and greased, and propane is delivered, so I guess we are going to roll the next three days when the sun comes out before the storm hits.
Harvest is 0 to 8% from Regina to the lake.
HRS most is in the final stages of growth. Fields evened out, but signs of plant disease are showing up but so is the high heat event at the end of July early august at filling. Should be close to last year but won't hit its levels. Most that spray is just finishing or done. Some guys have started to swath; some are waiting a bit longer. Pig shit is looking good and got its final weed management and is now 12 days away from harvest. But that is the kicker we and others won't be starting up really for another 12 to 14 days — last weeks of the month. Its slow and time is starting to run out of the hourglass.
Oats are starting to turn but for our area yield will be good but not over the top 10, maybe a 6 to 8. The heat got early on. No one has harvested any.
Barley is the crop that guys want off and want it off quick. But with most having peas to do and the rain events that hit every other day, lots will slip to feed class. Yea a shitty harvest and a shitty price. Some is sitting in swaths for two weeks others just knocked yesterday, and didn't get the memo significant rain on the way. We have left ours still stand, but this is the last storm it can take. It has to go after the weekend rain. The yield looks good, but the quality will be the issue. Note to guys drying for malt. Slower and less heat don't rush the process, or they will reject it.
Peas the crop that is still standing not sure how, but every week that goes by without harvesting it will eventually go backwards. Some have been in the same field for almost two weeks. With Rain every other day, it has turned into a prolonged process. Yield is all over the map from excellent in areas that never had peas to shit on the field that was peas four years ago.
Lentils still odd field and going flatter each day.
Flax is the worst of the crops for 2019. Some have sprayed to get it off, so don't have to look at the dirty mess. Others are starting to dry down but thin and short. Yield will be way down for flax.
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