Friday Crop Report on a Thursday!

[furrowtickler]

Any Verticillium Wilt in the area? If so, club root wont be your biggest threat any longer.

Does not seem to be the case , verticillium wilt happens at late maturity. The canola in that area was in trouble over a month ago .
Most likely that hail storm just when most of that canola was just cabbaging to early bolt, caused plant stress more than thought , then a 4 -5 inch rain within an 18 hr period a week later followed by the 3 weeks heat . A combination not seen before , at least not in that sequence and time frame . Plants were stressed to the Max , roots never developed , lighter souls lost N and S then the oven hit . About the only thing I can think of that makes remote sense there .
Roots are poorly developed, horizontal and thin plants . Other issue then stem from that.
Kinda like peas that get too much rain after a herbicide application..... other issues get magnified greatly like root rot . That’s my best guess and a agronomist I know very well .
Hopefully they don’t see that again .
Lots of those light swaths got blown bad the last three days . Some of the first canola was 15 bus or less from second hand reports .
Regardless a crappy situation.

[fjlip]

Interesting question. Unrelated, but on the same page, I have been having some interesting conversations with people lately.

Many conversations have involved the preharvest spraying of glyph. I am finding no one I have talked to that has brought it up is very excited about it. These are regular, non green peace members of the public.

Mechanics, teachers, retired farmers, nurses, no one likes the idea.

Just a heads up because it sure seems the public is generally not understanding the why of preharvest. More bluntly, they are suspicious and sickened by it. I think it is quite a common thing. I have done my part to try and explain to them, but they have none of it, don’t trust it, and find it hard to believe it is a healthy choice.


Just curious if others are seeing this, and what or how you deal with those comments? It is noticeable and far more common in the last few years I find, ppl are wondering about sprayers in ripe crops. They notice, and are getting to demand answers. I fear we as farmers don’t have very good answers. Saying f you or it’s healthy is not gunna work.

Usually the conversations start when they find I am a farmer, and they then express their disdain for today’s agriculture. I think we are on the verge of danger in that ppl are upset.

I agree think it's soon off label and NO pre harvest weed control. Oats is there, malt always was, just wheat left. The customer is always right, even if wrong.

And really only way to avoid feed wheat is NOT to get rain on swaths. Straight cut or swath the day we combine. #2 is worst we get, bleaching is not a grading factor.

[malleefarmer]

[QUOTE=fjlip;464002]I agree think it's soon off label and NO pre harvest weed. The customer is always right, even if wrong.

No a truer word spoken wether we like it or not.

Basically rarely used here on cereals

[furrowtickler]

Will be interesting to watch some local barley
One larger farm here sprayed every single acre , lots of acres .
Will be watching to see if accepted for malt .
I asked the local elevator grain buyer if any malt ever accepted with glyphosate? I knew the answer, just wanted to hear it.
Will be watching
Tired of rules for everyone except a select few
It’s either bad or not ...

[sk_wheatking]

Will be interesting to watch some local barley
One larger farm here sprayed every single acre , lots of acres .
Will be watching to see if accepted for malt .
I asked the local elevator grain buyer if any malt ever accepted with glyphosate? I knew the answer, just wanted to hear it.
Will be watching
Tired of rules for everyone except a select few
It’s either bad or not ...

Furrow, as long as it has germination its good to go. That and chitting is all that matters, staining isn't really an issue anymore it seems. Maybe if they sprayed the fields when they were dead ripe they will get away with desicating, but why would you take a chance like that if your hoping for malt.

[furrowtickler]

Furrow, as long as it has germination its good to go. That and chitting is all that matters, staining isn't really an issue anymore it seems. Maybe if they sprayed the fields when they were dead ripe they will get away with desicating, but why would you take a chance like that if your hoping for malt.

Was very far from dead ripe , not one field lol
Grain buyer said no glyphosate, period
Again will be interesting to watch , I agree why take the chance
Point is , Why rules for most but not for a few ?

[sk_wheatking]

Was very far from dead ripe , not one field lol
Grain buyer said no glyphosate, period
Again will be interesting to watch , I agree why take the chance
Point is , s was my rules for most but not for a few ?

Well thats right, but, if the germ is below I think its 80% your sunk and even then they take the best stuff first. But yeah, the rules get bent more than a democratic run u.s. election!

[Guest]

Furrow, as long as it has germination its good to go. That and chitting is all that matters, staining isn't really an issue anymore it seems. Maybe if they sprayed the fields when they were dead ripe they will get away with desicating, but why would you take a chance like that if your hoping for malt.

no , you have to sign a sworn statement here, thats why we quit the malt BS

[Guest]

I agree think it's soon off label and NO pre harvest weed control. Oats is there, malt always was, just wheat left. The customer is always right, even if wrong.

And really only way to avoid feed wheat is NOT to get rain on swaths. Straight cut or swath the day we combine. #2 is worst we get, bleaching is not a grading factor.

except last year , sprouted standing , was feed till feb , then a #2

[furrowtickler]

except last year , sprouted standing , was feed till feb , then a #2

Same here , every year . It’s pick you apart at harvest, then Feb through spring it magically changes in the bin when they need to fill cars
Happens every single time .
Harvest theft is what it should be called

[sk_wheatking]

Same here , every year . It’s pick you apart at harvest, then Feb through spring it magically changes in the bin when they need to fill cars
Happens every single time .
Harvest theft is what it should be called

Lol! You should see some of the shitty rotten barley that suddenly is good for malt in the spring. Must be the stuff they need for lucky lager!

[jazz]

except last year , sprouted standing , was feed till feb , then a #2

Hell the durum was a #5 with 17% sprouting magically turned into a #3 with 7% sprouting in May.

The lentils had durum in it, wanted to grade it as sample, suddenly didn't care in June and bought it all as a #2.

Games.

[furrowtickler]

Ohhh come on now with your conspiracy theories guys ... lol

[Herc]

Two more days of canola and then just the wheat left. Will pick up the canola if its ready as this is the year of the wind it seems. Have a few bales here and there from the wind. We also swath on an angle. Looking like our best year ever for canola so far.

Have 6 fields left to spray for wheat. All but 2 will be done by noon tomorrow. Have many varieties in and lots side by side. Will be interesting if they can top the most popular variety. Doubtful. Brandon is a whopper here again.

Found a dryer and will be making the last of the connections tomorrow as well. Planning on drying every bushel of wheat. Its looking like that kinda fall again.

[the big wheel]

this conspiracy theory was not on Fox News so it s not real.