Well, the 2021 crop tour by vehicle and actually get out and look at crops check pods and count spikelets and rows. is going to take place the next week.
Yesterday I did drive down to what should be some of the best crops in Saskatchewan at Indian head. 6 inches of rain and some of the best dirt in Saskatchewan. I was shocked they have a good crop but nothing outstanding. The heat has hurt even crops on good dirt. More to come after the provincial tour.
The area I will cover Regina to Canora Kamsack, Over to Wadena down to Fort area over to Southey and north to Tisdale, Nipiwan, over to Pa and down to Sask Then Up to Battleford Kindersley and down on a zig-zag to swift over to Assiniboia on the redcoat and back to Regina then down to Weyburn Estevan and up to Moosimin. This isn't an office tour like the big dogs hahaha.
Oh before I start today I have one comment has anyone seen or heard from our Federal Ag minister or any Federal minister about the drought that is like 1961 in Western Canada. Anyone, Anyone. Farmers who think we're so good we can do things on our own. Yesterday skippy gave 20 million to help repaint patios in the city of Toronto. **** me wake up.
Ok, here we go.
This week all things looked good for a rain event the event was a total bust for some and others got up to two inches in the East side of Sask. We ended up with 1/10 same as always. Hell, yesterday a cloud showed up and gave us a 1/2 a tenth. Big rains are spotty and really aren't saving the day. The heat is back in the next 10 days and guys are buying out contracts in some areas already. Crop insurance is writing off fields in some areas. Good land can get you through lots but guess what if it doesn't rain in June and July even good land cant make a thing.
HRS is moving along way too fast the great early seeded crops in our area have hit the wall and are prematurely ripening. Later are starting to drop tillers and push forward. With the heat that's coming, we will start to see rows abandoned and the plant will work to make seeds that it can. Big yields are gone. 80 plus wheat will now be lucky to get to 30 to 40 I fear after the next 10 days. Like my dad said in 1961 we harvested only the low areas the rest died. Later wheat is looking good but needed a big rain to make it big time. It didn't get it so will have similar results like the early.
Barley oh barley is taking this heat not well. Trying to push the head out and fill it is tough to watch. It looked so good a few weeks ago and you can see each day it going backward.
Flax is thin and trying to flower in the wetter areas it's thicker but short also and flowering.
Lentils in our area so far are loving the heat and trying to flower and make seeds.
Peas are short and flowering was ended for most of the last heatwave this next one will just have the plant aborting seeds from 6 to maybe two to 4 and ripen way too fast. No tall peas here and even where it rained shorter than last year for sure.
Oats don't like the heat and it sure is showing up. We had oats once that turned white real fast from a heatwave that could be interesting next week.
Canola is having a hard year and the rain events did nothing more than end the flowering process and the plant is in the fight for survival making seed mode. This notion that it will start flowering after a rain I say ha ah ah. It will make and fill what it can and call it a year. The latter has a chance with rain and will flower but plus 35 days every one it will abort flowers. So later or early don't matter this year. Haven't seen a 10/10 canola crop yet this year on my travels.
Partures are going downhill faster than the fastest skier in the Olympics. Hay again good new fields did very well poor fields are struggling and hay will be short if guys have to start feeding soon. Culls will be hard and fast this fall.
Any rain now is a builder for 2022 and a filler for 2021 what you have the big yields are gone. Funny a 40 bus wheat and 30 canola could be huge yields this year.
So, in a nutshell, take a ****ing knee we need rain to build up the soil for 2022 this year the fat lady has hit the stage and cleared her throat, and opened her mouth.
Go to the lake enjoy the heat and talk to your friends and neighbors we are all in this together. Radar is a sickness I follow it's time to turn the phone off before I need the Weyburn nut house to reopen.
Keep safe.
Yesterday I did drive down to what should be some of the best crops in Saskatchewan at Indian head. 6 inches of rain and some of the best dirt in Saskatchewan. I was shocked they have a good crop but nothing outstanding. The heat has hurt even crops on good dirt. More to come after the provincial tour.
The area I will cover Regina to Canora Kamsack, Over to Wadena down to Fort area over to Southey and north to Tisdale, Nipiwan, over to Pa and down to Sask Then Up to Battleford Kindersley and down on a zig-zag to swift over to Assiniboia on the redcoat and back to Regina then down to Weyburn Estevan and up to Moosimin. This isn't an office tour like the big dogs hahaha.
Oh before I start today I have one comment has anyone seen or heard from our Federal Ag minister or any Federal minister about the drought that is like 1961 in Western Canada. Anyone, Anyone. Farmers who think we're so good we can do things on our own. Yesterday skippy gave 20 million to help repaint patios in the city of Toronto. **** me wake up.
Ok, here we go.
This week all things looked good for a rain event the event was a total bust for some and others got up to two inches in the East side of Sask. We ended up with 1/10 same as always. Hell, yesterday a cloud showed up and gave us a 1/2 a tenth. Big rains are spotty and really aren't saving the day. The heat is back in the next 10 days and guys are buying out contracts in some areas already. Crop insurance is writing off fields in some areas. Good land can get you through lots but guess what if it doesn't rain in June and July even good land cant make a thing.
HRS is moving along way too fast the great early seeded crops in our area have hit the wall and are prematurely ripening. Later are starting to drop tillers and push forward. With the heat that's coming, we will start to see rows abandoned and the plant will work to make seeds that it can. Big yields are gone. 80 plus wheat will now be lucky to get to 30 to 40 I fear after the next 10 days. Like my dad said in 1961 we harvested only the low areas the rest died. Later wheat is looking good but needed a big rain to make it big time. It didn't get it so will have similar results like the early.
Barley oh barley is taking this heat not well. Trying to push the head out and fill it is tough to watch. It looked so good a few weeks ago and you can see each day it going backward.
Flax is thin and trying to flower in the wetter areas it's thicker but short also and flowering.
Lentils in our area so far are loving the heat and trying to flower and make seeds.
Peas are short and flowering was ended for most of the last heatwave this next one will just have the plant aborting seeds from 6 to maybe two to 4 and ripen way too fast. No tall peas here and even where it rained shorter than last year for sure.
Oats don't like the heat and it sure is showing up. We had oats once that turned white real fast from a heatwave that could be interesting next week.
Canola is having a hard year and the rain events did nothing more than end the flowering process and the plant is in the fight for survival making seed mode. This notion that it will start flowering after a rain I say ha ah ah. It will make and fill what it can and call it a year. The latter has a chance with rain and will flower but plus 35 days every one it will abort flowers. So later or early don't matter this year. Haven't seen a 10/10 canola crop yet this year on my travels.
Partures are going downhill faster than the fastest skier in the Olympics. Hay again good new fields did very well poor fields are struggling and hay will be short if guys have to start feeding soon. Culls will be hard and fast this fall.
Any rain now is a builder for 2022 and a filler for 2021 what you have the big yields are gone. Funny a 40 bus wheat and 30 canola could be huge yields this year.
So, in a nutshell, take a ****ing knee we need rain to build up the soil for 2022 this year the fat lady has hit the stage and cleared her throat, and opened her mouth.
Go to the lake enjoy the heat and talk to your friends and neighbors we are all in this together. Radar is a sickness I follow it's time to turn the phone off before I need the Weyburn nut house to reopen.
Keep safe.
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