Crop tour 2021 just one farmer with his 2 sons who farm.

[furrowtickler]

Our Fabelle Fababeans are not nearly as good at withstanding the heat.
They blasted blooming before the 37c event but are starting to bloom again now…

Selection of drought resistant crops is prudent risk management.
Cheers

Peas , faba beans , canola , barley are in the drought prone groups
Selection gets thin after that .
Needed frost resistance more than drought resistance selection the past few decades

[SASKFARMER]

Got down at EastEnd today. Final leg home



Scotty says it’s hot and dry.

[SASKFARMER]

We’re going to need a smaller boat really a smaller boat this year.

Lentils are only thing loving the heat unless all water gone.

Durum doing ok.

Timing of seeding as early are now ending and some later look not bad but will have same faith if heat continues.

Funny last night got in plus 37 by Dakota dunes this morning plus 17 and cool.

2002 was very similar.

As some one who traveled in the 80s looking at drought areas for the feds and prov.

This isn’t as bad most will have to fire the combines even if it’s just 5 bus below crop insurance.


More tomorrow I’m done and tired.

After Assiniboia it starts to get better as you go east still issues even in the garden of eden south of Regina.

Flower blast and yellow looking areas in fields that are darker than the rest flowering ending

[furrowtickler]

Nothin better than someone to actually go see and that someone has experience.
Well done SF 👍

And Tom for your local highlights.

[Guest]

Sf3 , you shoulda took Neil with you lol
Too bad we were in saskatoon

[jazz]

Benefited from the smoke and haze today. Easily shaved 5deg off the temps and coolish tonight.

[Sheepwheat]

Benefited from the smoke and haze today. Easily shaved 5deg off the temps and coolish tonight.

Was standing out in the pasture on a ridge. Breeze from the north. Was the coolest I’ve been outside in a long, long time.

[sumdumguy]

Old North Easterly predicted for tomorrow. Could be a change on the horizon, let’s hope so.

[furrowtickler]

Not sure if this is a cruel joke or what ....


No one else calling for much
I guess time will tell
Unfortunately many crops it is far too late , drought damage is extensive now

[SASKFARMER]

Well here are a few observations.

On the West Side, I would love to know how many acres of Canola were seeded on that side of the province and SW part of Sask. Because if it's half the acres 1/2 are ****ed up real bad. Some spots look like more Canola than Niawian to Melfort. Honestly, it's more yellow south of Rosetown to Swift. So math wise because they have no long-term yields that have been discounted for 30 to 50 years with frosts and floods and droughts on the east side so our average is an average vs 10 great years of growing a new crop average. Just doing math because it's fun. So was canola seeded for a reason this year's best-payer in a drought.

When I worked for Sask Ag I use to say to others the SW and West can grow two things really well Lentils and Durum and we cant on the Eastside and north. We shouldn't be growing durum and lentils and they shouldn't be growing Canola and Spring wheat. Well, 2021 is proving that.

Anyway, what did I see in the last two days?

Outlook the irrigated Canola looks the shits until you look at where no water gets in the corners. Nothing.

Rosetown south to swift Lentils good big cracks in-ground and Durum will have to be combined. The big difference on seeding date later looks better than early seeded that's changing but is filling some on the main head. Peas changing also real fast like spray oh it won't work because to dry and harvest in 10 days.

Sweet spot at kyle or just a bit better in places.

Down to Rogers home town and south to shanavan over to Eastend the Bench is better but nothing to write home about. They Will have to harvest crops but on canola when you stop walk in and look at pods on the bottom nothing top and thin.

East end over to Limerick is awful then it starts to get better after Assinaboia to Pangman. Still spots with crap to ok.

The big thing is from their north to Regina. Looks way better thicker healthier but Canola has orange spots showing up if you look at the crop of Canola. Get out of the vehicle take a piss and crawl in. It's good probably the best I have seen but has issues showing up with the heat.


So in a nutshell the guy predicting 37.6 BPA is a ****ing fool. Maybe on his 20 clients farms in sweet spots but overall the average won't be there.

Lots will have to be harvested at 10 to 20 BPA lots. Some fields will not be harvested as to big of a waster of time.

The crop won't be 11 mt unless the heat continues and no smoke and no showers coming in and hitting the odd guy. No mass rain event will save this crop. Actually, a huge rain event would probably add to problems because I can just see it guys swath canola and then it rains and fields yellow as they try to harvest first shit. Been there it does happen odd times.

The crop will be Sub 15 at best. There are areas that have something decent enough but not massive. Nothing really massive anyplace on the tour which shocked me. Get ready for $800. quality seed hahhahaha it's worth every penny. Not.

Peas are making pods three in the shitty with 2 to three seeds 4 to 6 in better with 5 to 6 seeds.

Lentils like I said are looking good and flowering and making some seeds.

Durum likes heat and is trying to make seeds even on the burnt areas. That could be one seed per head but it's trying.

Faba looks shitty all over.

Flax you can see rows in most places.

Spring wheat some real thick some real thin.

It's province-wide except for the sweet spot getting rain showers in SE. That's it.

Like our farm some Good some not bad and some ugly.

Funny irrigated Canola doesn't look like a million-dollar crop. But when you see the corners with no irrigation you realize it does create a crop.

A tired truck needs an oil change and my spare tire fell off as I broke the cable on a rough road going to the Dam. Found the tire so just a repair on the Denali.