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

[agstar77]

Weather has improved. We are seeing more showers and cooler weather. Probably too late for most of the canola. It has mostly flowered out. Wheat may fill better and have better quality. Beans have held on and may recover some of their yield.

[zeefarmer]

Has nothing to do when they're rolled.

[jazz]

Has nothing to do when they're rolled.

Peas are already off limits here because of white mold. Lots of lentils in this yr. These are on a 3 yr rotation and that has worked, until it doesnt I guess.

We had looked at doing a cereal cereal pulse rotation once not because of disease but penciling out canola when it was $9 something looked risky. Thats probably the only rotation that will work in the SW without canola unless they want to go back to chemfallow.

[bucket]

Peas are already off limits here because of white mold. Lots of lentils in this yr. These are on a 3 yr rotation and that has worked, until it doesnt I guess.

We had looked at doing a cereal cereal pulse rotation once not because of disease but penciling out canola when it was $9 something looked risky. Thats probably the only rotation that will work in the SW without canola unless they want to go back to chemfallow.

2022 might be chemfallow less the chemical....nothing for soil moisture... it might make the most sense dollar wise for 2022.

Everyone is recognizing the weeds that come with little crop competition and late rains...

[rumrocks]

On a dry year like this, chemical carry over will be a problem next year, example being Solo.
Another reason we need a wet fall.

[bucket]

On a dry year like this, chemical carry over will be a problem next year, example being Solo.
Another reason we need a wet fall.

Been told that if it doesnt rain 4 to 5 inches by mid august...chemical residuals will be a big problem next year...

I think that is part of the reason for such shitty looking canola this year....the so called non residual chemicals have an effect if they don't break down.

[furrowtickler]

Been told that if it doesnt rain 4 to 5 inches by mid august...chemical residuals will be a big problem next year...

I think that is part of the reason for such shitty looking canola this year....the so called non residual chemicals have an effect if they don't break down.

You can see it on every inside corner from the sprayer in most canola fields . That was not from this year , was already there at herbicide time

[SASKFARMER]

These are all problems that came to light in the 80s drought and will again. you need a good rain to straighten things out.

Not happening this year and today only thing good is the smoke the rain event is a joke.

[SASKFARMER]

SE Sask is the sweet spot. Qu'Appelle valley is the dividing line. Go from the USA border to Regina then the valley and turn toward Manitoba that area is getting rain.

Just 10 miles north of the big hole in the ground 1/10. Or no rain. You can smell it every day hear the thunder and look at the clear sky above you as it won't cross the valley.

[bucket]

Lake diefenbaker is very low this year. In the spring there were older guys saying they have never seen it this low when the ice was gone.


Lots of shore line. Far from full service Level ( FSL )


I think that lake can have an effect on the way storms move...after watching radar for years. The water is warmer than normal sending an invisible convection current to change the upper air mass.

Call me stupid for saying the above and what I call the lake effect of storms...

...but they just put up 3 giant windmills based on the convection current created by the lake just south of Riverhurst.

[bucket]

Not sure what kind of convection they get with 24 inches of ice in the winter ....just saying.

20 year contract with saskpower but windmills need 30 years to pay for themselves. And a reliable backup for every MW.

I think Capstone Infrastructure under their in development tab.

[sumdumguy]

I have noticed on radar too how the rain seems to follow the water channels. Glad some one else noticed that too. The area around Weyburn and south used to be so dry back when. Hence, ranching was the only option south and west to the border for years. Then Grant Devine’s Rafferty-Alameda went in and we thought, “Good Grief, that thing is going to sit empty.” Not so and the rains seem to get drawn up to the dam from US. Now all those hills south of us are seeded to cereals and even lentils. So, it begs the question, does water draw water?