Friday Crop Report on a Thursday!

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Well boys I got to Winnipeg and in all my years I never seen it so dry nice you hit Manitoba. But the canola from portage to Winnipeg is like ours this year except they have a couple feet of black dirt and usually get more rain than us. Soy needs a rain so bad but they have some wheat to harvest and it’s turning/burning. Corn doesn’t look like irrigated corn without irrigation. Up and down all over the fields.

Yea the only sweet spot from Gull lake to Winnipeg is Indian head they have the loaf of bread fields just south of town. Sad I can see the elevator in Indian head from the roof of my bins. The last rain event got within 5 miles of our place so you could smell it in the dust. Congratulations boys you win hands down.

So area wise, how much bigger is this than 2002 was? We made a cross prairie trip in summer 02, and things improved drastically just west of the Manitoba border, and looked vrey good in the parts of Manitoba we saw. And Southern Alberta enjoyed a very good year with lots of rain. Lots of feed and straw was trucked north that year.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

It occurred to me that the best word to describe my crops this year is consistent.
I am used to huge variability, as the low areas, higher areas with high water table, or gumbo suffer excess moisture, while the really rich ground does tremendous and topography dictates the rest.

This year, especially on the wheat, I see no drastic difference from the best to worst soils, high to low, richest former farmyards to barren hills. Everything got off to the same start with the adequate but never excess moisture. Then everything quit tillering at the same time due to heat.

Late seeded barley that waited till after the heat to really tiller is more variable. Canola is starting to show soil differences as water becomes limiting lately.

[SASKFARMER]

I have never seen canola this sick looking in the portage Winnipeg area. I’ll be in swan River Manitoba in the next week to see some plots and kamsack I’m checking out. But Saskatoon area has nothing they weren’t that bad in 2002.

I would look at yields from 2002 for what will be the results of 2021.

Only thing that’s different in 2002 it froze in less than a week in our area that looked like Indian head this year. It was -5 for 8 hours we had nothing on some fields but a 60 bus straw crop and a quiet combine.

So if it doesn’t freeze look for higher wheat than 2002 and lentils.

Soy has a chance if doesn’t freeze and a big rain comes

[TOM4CWB]

I have never seen canola this sick looking in the portage Winnipeg area. I’ll be in swan River Manitoba in the next week to see some plots and kamsack I’m checking out. But Saskatoon area has nothing they weren’t that bad in 2002.

I would look at yields from 2002 for what will be the results of 2021.

Only thing that’s different in 2002 it froze in less than a week in our area that looked like Indian head this year. It was -5 for 8 hours we had nothing on some fields but a 60 bus straw crop and a quiet combine.

So if it doesn’t freeze look for higher wheat than 2002 and lentils.

Soy has a chance if doesn’t freeze and a big rain comes

Good reporting!

I took a trip on Hwy56 from Forestburg to Bashaw, then to Edberg, New Norway, Camrose- so CAMROSE Country and South Flagstaff.

Wetaskawin, Camrose, NewNorway have decent crops, from Bashaw up to 8 miles south of CAMROSE on Hwy21 the earlier crops are starting to lodge in the lower areas that were not drowned out this spring, in general good average crops that even barley looks good…

A couple of average fields from Edberg:



Later planted barley, in places on West side of Camrose County water in puddles and a few low spots:


The east side of Camrose Country west Flagstaff perhaps 80% of normal, south east of Flagstaff perhaps 50%

Talking to a friend east of Vermilion in the Lloydminster country, said the barley really went backwards in the past week, will most likely be rolled up as bushel weight looks too low now, was hoping for 40-50… but now less than half that so better to be rolled up as feed.

Very mixed crops in Alberta! From above average to 1’ high at 10-15bu/ac soon to be harvested in first two weeks of August.

Cheers

[Guest]

Lotsa peas sprayed here

[SASKFARMER]

Here is north and west of Winnipeg





Peas ready to harvest Monday.



Oats has green patches and turning

[SASKFARMER]

Wheat is a go real soon

[Blaithin]

Really not sure where Chuck found weed infested fields because I sure didn’t see any 🤷

He must’ve taken a similar route to what we’ve done this weekend because there’s been some real gnarly ones go by. Kochia especially.

Some fields all they seem to be able to grow much of is kochia, the actual crop is piddly.

Leader to Swift Current especially. Become a bit more sporadic the rest of the trip.

Do lentils have less spray options? They’re the ones that seem particularly bad.

[seldomseen]

I like an early harvest but July is a little to early and we all know that the results won’t be good!
Well most of us will know except maybe Ag Canada, Neil and Chuck.

[blackpowder]

I do like Tom's optimism.
And his wide range may be right.
Some may have different averages.
The weed I see as a growing problem for many in my area is wild oats. Some perfect storms. Resistance getting worse as well.

[jazz]

Here is north and west of Winnipeg

So much for that billion dollar rain.

[bucket]

So much for that billion dollar rain.

There is a 4 billion dollar rain coming to saskatchewan farms ....they just don't realize the cost yet.