Friday Crop Report on a Thursday!

[Guest]

Can't happen here, has to be covered.....even if you do fallow, you would need a chemical cultivator.
The technology and products are there to give it what it needs.
Only benefit I see is no host for disease, but pathogens live in soil and on residue anyway.

If you have big lease payments on land or equipment or mortgage payments....most people would have to grow something on their land to pay for dirt that doesnt pay for itself!!!!!!

can happen anywhere
damn near lost a quarter in 03
dirt was flowing so bad , needed compass in truck to get outta field
and we are not in the deep south
and watching it for the next 2-3 weeks , hoping something will grow, but to dry to germinate anything , to hold it down is just brutal
once it gets fine like that even a gentle breeze moves it
lots have got caught here even burning alfalfa fields in the super dry spring, not to mention what spring runoff does also
no, no black dirt for me, once in a lifetime is enough for me

[SASKFARMER]

I agree with the No Black Dirt for the most part.

We should be working in front of the drills or heavy harrow all fields. This year we have the manpower so well heavy harrow all fields before seeding to dry out.

If I had to SMF it would be chem and work once maybe August then fall burn off and leave.

Kelly pea fields last fall didn't blow this spring or any spring for us.

[woodland]

Got 3/4 done calving today and the first cycle is over so the slow drawn out part begins. Had an interesting calf born the other day with a cleft palate and he is doing just fine. Had our first one ever born last year and had to put him down as it was too bad and he couldn’t create suction to suckle.


His tongue is sticking out where his nostril should be.

Otherwise it’s been going good besides the rain, snow, wind storm a week ago that cost us 5 calves and a lot of missed sleep. Only got one afternoon in the field this week in between the “moistly” weather.


My brother started spraying RUP tonight and hopefully it’ll be dry enough to get the drill rolling in a couple days. When you’re scraping frost off the windshield and wearing a toque I’m pretty sure it’s not under the “optimal” conditions for burn down but that’s reality out in the muskeg for us. Only got to +5 today here. Hopefully theses menacing clouds disappear for a couple weeks so we can get seeding done this month for a change.

Farmaholic they were last seen heading your way and I know you were asking for some earlier. You can have all their friends as well for the next couple weeks.

The grass is green and ready to grow. It’s just waiting on some heat ............ as am I. Tired of the rubber boots, toque, and insulated coveralls already. 🍀

[farmaholic]

Woodland,

The last system that rolled through here ahead of this frigid air left us under a thin blanket of snow. I was hoping for two or three tenths of rain to kick start the Authority and Imazethapyr we sprayed on. Not sure if that bit of snow was enough.
Seeding conditions are good except it is quite cool. Maybe that's better than the hot dry desiccating hurricane winds we have some years. It's been windy at times but some springs it blew day and night....really wears ya down.

What was the most calves you guys had in a day this spring.

[woodland]

Woodland,


What was the most calves you guys had in a day this spring.

We had a couple days of 30-32 but usually averaged 20-25 which is just fine with me. Other years we’ve had days with over 40 which usually correspond with the crummiest weather possible just to keep things interesting. We aren’t equipped to deal with 10% of the cows calving in a day (which has happened before) currently but have a couple carpenter buddies booked for next month to put up another calving shed. It’s been long overdue and makes life so much better than our open air setup for the main bunch of cows that we have now.

On nice weather days two people did most of the feeding and dealing with calves which is what we used to do with 2/3 of the cows we currently run. The calf catcher we built frees up a person for good chunk of the day. A real game changer for sure. I actually kinda look forward to tagging instead of it being a chore.

Might even think about breeding more heifers in July................ don’t tell my wife about that though😉