Friday Crop Report on a Thursday!

[SASKFARMER]

Well, its thirsty Thursday and that sums up our area. The winds keep blowing and taking every drop we get, and two more from the ground. Yes, we had over the 4-day rain event a grand total of just a 1/2 inch. It was needed, but thanks to the winds, it was taken away.

So here is the report.

Seeding is 99% done. Oats are going in, and the odd guy is reseeding areas, or the whole fields do to frost, flea, or blowing dirt. One chap that plays the system just started and will go till July but crop insurance cut off is the 20th you say. No problem for this super farmer.

HRS is I would say all up and look not bad for min moisture. The crop was a good catch on most farms and is moving ahead really nice. Most have just started to spray or will in the next few days. WildOats and weeds like the showers better than the wheat I think. (Durum lumped in here also).

Barley is up on most farms and looks good also. Little yellow but growing not bad. Weeds again love the showers. Rain with 70Km winds does so much for the crop. HAHAHA. Spraying will take place soon.

Oats is just up or just getting planted; it depends on the farm. Some late seeders switched to oats once June hits.

Flax up and looks like a good catch on most farms.

Peas and lentils are up and with the dry conditions, both look good and clean. Lentils like the weather and look really good. Peas we have the cleanest fields I have had in years. Most are done spraying and now waiting for first flowers to add a little health to the crop.

Canola we have a winner with one field full 160 acres north of town that has nice big rows end to end and zero in later areas its a 10 out of 10. Not mine but wow it's beautiful. It was seeded about 5 days before me in that area. Flea are not that big of a problem yet as most didn't sow real real early Canola. Spraying will take place probably on Friday or sat with the nice hot temps. Liberty works excellent with 32 temps. So far the germ and crop look better than 2019. But this weekend coming up we got 1-inch last year a week before the farm progress shows general rains.

Rain is on its way maybe for eastern Sask and central this Sunday to Monday. Fingers crossed so are eyes. Toes whatever. All vehicles are washed. any other tricks to get it to rain.

Pastures and hay land needs a real good rain or hay will be an issue again with the first cut.

So watch the spray drift with the winds but remember one year if you get a neighbour he might get you the next, or he might get you first, but if its a yearly thing its a problem. It's a windy year.

Stay safe and please mother nature it's our turn to turn on the taps just a little bit.

[SASKFARMER]

New Alida hrs.



Canola is coming up not bad.




Peas sprayed

[SASKFARMER]

Rain is usually best for our area with 1 inch before seeding or April showers.

One inch after.

One inch end of June or July. And one exhibition week to bring crop in.

That’s a perfect world. Farming is far from perfect it’s look up and hope and pray.

Something goes right.

[SASKFARMER]

It’s time to get tough with Ottawa and start fighting back.

BoBoo yesterday slapped farmers in the west again by taking total drying cost and dividing it among every farmer. Yea it’s a min cost. Say that to the farmers with 50000 plus drying costs plus all the drying done at the terminals that’s not reported.

She is a epic failure and we have zero help from the conservatives we elected.

[Oliver88]

Good points, Booboo and Sockboy need to show their CO2 tax data. A large % of grain will be dried at terminals where your drying charges won’t show carbon scam taxes.

[bigzee]

SKF you mentioned the word “rain”, I had to google it to find its meaning.

[fjlip]

U.S. Fed Payments will Account for 36% of 2020 Farm Income: The government will send a record $32.8 billion in direct payments to farmers this year but the economic slowdown triggered by the coronavirus still will pull down farm income by 3 percent, said the FAPRI think tank at the University of Missouri. Federal supports would amount to 36 percent of farm income, its largest share since 2001. Trade war and coronavirus relief payments would account for the bulk of the payments. Both are temporary programs, ending this year. After dipping to $90.6 billion this year, farm income would fall by 21 percent in 2021, to $79.4 billion, “given current market conditions and the assumption of no new government payment programs,” said the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute in updating its agricultural baseline. The think tank said current conditions indicate China will not satisfy its “phase one” agreement to buy vastly larger amounts of U.S. farm exports. (AG INSIDER)

[bucket]

U.S. Fed Payments will Account for 36% of 2020 Farm Income: The government will send a record $32.8 billion in direct payments to farmers this year but the economic slowdown triggered by the coronavirus still will pull down farm income by 3 percent, said the FAPRI think tank at the University of Missouri. Federal supports would amount to 36 percent of farm income, its largest share since 2001. Trade war and coronavirus relief payments would account for the bulk of the payments. Both are temporary programs, ending this year. After dipping to $90.6 billion this year, farm income would fall by 21 percent in 2021, to $79.4 billion, “given current market conditions and the assumption of no new government payment programs,” said the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute in updating its agricultural baseline. The think tank said current conditions indicate China will not satisfy its “phase one” agreement to buy vastly larger amounts of U.S. farm exports. (AG INSIDER)

And if Canada kept pace with direct payments there would be more towns and communities and the farming industry would be healthier as a whole...instead the governments in Canada of all stripes like the idea of consolidating farms....

[seldomseen]

10 degrees here after lunch! To cold for the crop to grow and to cold to spray.

The cold doesn't seem to slow down wild oats and cleavers.

[Guest]

10 degrees here after lunch! To cold for the crop to grow and to cold to spray.

The cold doesn't seem to slow down wild oats and cleavers.

FFS, seldom, its just weather , just cause the whole *** world is cold , doesn't mean the earth is cooling , right cluck, cluck
good day to viper the peas and kill em

[woodland]

Had a good little thunderstorm at 2 am this morning and more on the way as usual.

At least the alfalfa is finally picking up the pace.


And the corn is slowly poking it’s way out along with every weed possible.


Found some duals for the sprayer that we need to modify slightly to mount them. Hopefully this will make that job a little easier. Ordering more bale silage plastic as I think this wet trend will continue like last year.


Just started rolling up old fence in the trees along pavement to replace with new wire. Definitely not an easy or fun job but will be very rewarding to see the end result later.

P.S. if anyone has time to kill there’s five miles to do just like this 😉

[sumdumguy]

Are there mushrooms in the bush to pick? We’ve been trimming trees steady on this year. It’s too dry for weeds to grow.

[woodland]

Are there mushrooms in the bush to pick? We’ve been trimming trees steady on this year. It’s too dry for weeds to grow.

As a kid the only mushroom “picking” I did was off my pizza. Still don’t like them but eat them if they’re on something. There’s less than normal in the bush but it’s been so cold here. Tomorrow will probably be our one day of summer so we better enjoy it😎

[seldomseen]

Now we have a frost warning for tonight so I think I will leave the sprayer parked for another day!
I know it’s just weather but why always cold? Alfalfa looks decent but going to need heat to get the flowers.

[furrowtickler]

Frost again ?
Man we need a return of sun spot activity