Friday Crop Report on a Thursday!

[SASKFARMER]

Further south I harvest the poorer the crop.

Fun times in 2020.

[farmaholic]

Further south I harvest the poorer the crop.

Fun times in 2020.

I farm south of you., how many miles? Just think how crappy the Ghetto crops are then! You can't even image....its beyond your comprehension!

👉🌵🐪🐫🏜

[Guest]

I see bran frost..... LMFAO.
Sorry furrow.

AND FUSARIUM!

right fulla ergot also
feed for sure

[FarmJunkie]

That dryer setup looks great Woodland! Hope it runs well for u this year. How many bushels an hour 18-14%?

[farmaholic]

Harvest is basically wrapped up at Ghetto Central. Just afew weedy patches we left in the flax.

As mentioned before, last year it felt like we had too much land, this year not enough.... a good harvest will do that.
Could have probably taken two crops off this fall. We sat and had to wait on the flax. There would be lots of time to take off more crop yet(here).
There can be no recreational tillage because the Ghetto is too dry to till.
There won't be any recreational spraying because the Ghetto is too dry for plant growth.

I am actually happy with the results of the 2020 crop given how critical things were at one point. Perspective. We got a decent crop and my 85 year old Dad got to watch another crop being harvested.

I am now thinking "next year". We are very tapped out of moisture, VERY. My Dad mentioned how dry 1961(pre-dates me) was and how the next 5 years were good crops. I pointed out that this year maybe wasn't like that and next year could be like 1961.... heaven forbid, but there is NO reserve moisture. And in keeping with the theme.... we are on the edge of this next rain system coming through....look out West Central Sask.

Feels good to be done. Now the hard part, to market this crop.

Take care and be safe.

[Guest]

good for you farma !
we have 400 ac left , plus 120 ac alfalfa ,sure nice fall here
good time for a building project

[woodland]

That dryer setup looks great Woodland! Hope it runs well for u this year. How many bushels an hour 18-14%?

My brother has been running it and not steady (still figuring it out and trucking too) so he doesn’t for sure know. Pulling 5 points in barley he’s figuring 900 bu/hr or so. Very impressed since the old one did a 1/4 of that. Fast enough that when the dry bin fills it pukes quite the pile on the ground😉

Anyone know how to get a hold of the grain fairy to clean up those spills overnight? They never shrunk since yesterday except for what the pigeons ate...........

[highwayman]

Finished here yesterday. Started aug 8 on red lentils and only a couple days of showery weather shut us down for day here and there. Crops were average to slightly below average on durum, canola and lentils. Scaling down the farm starting next year as both my daughter and son have good jobs in the city and express no desire to succeed us. At 57 keep asking myself why we work this hard as life passes us by and my wife reminds me that we can still enjoy the farm life on a much smaller scale where we are not so reliant on hired help. Drafting a plan to rent out 75% of our land base at this time and then learn to live again. Travel, golf, fish and enjoy some grandchildren. Salute.

[FarmJunkie]

Sounds like a good plan Highwayman. Won’t be far behind u in that department. When u think about it u are amazed at how quickly time passed and u went from building up the farm to trying to slowly relieve yourself of more duties. Looking forward to it in a few years. Enjoy it because before u know it were gonna be too old to swing a golf club.

[farmaholic]

Congratulations Highwayman. Enjoy the fruits of your labour.

Probably not the easiest decision someone has to make. But there comes a time you just know......