Canola Yield with 3” of rain or less?

[TSIPP]

Partners I’ve never seen a crop that looks that good down south let alone on a dry year, I’ve never been up north much and never in the summer, I’ll need a good road trip someday.

[jazz]

The pic is of Dekalb 99sc.
I know most of you hate Dekalb but this new one has potential.
4.5 inches of rain on it..

What was the seed date on that? Looks later and maybe ducked some of the heat dome during flowering especially that first 2 weeks in july.

[Partners]

What was the seed date on that? Looks later and maybe ducked some of the heat dome during flowering especially that first 2 weeks in july.

May 16th..seed date..
Bloomed approx 24 days.
Longer than 7565..pv760..and brevant 3158..

[Dr Tone]

It’s pretty hard to answer about the inputs because I don’t know what your inputs are.

Nobody’s grown 20 or 30 bushel crops on 3 inches of rain, sounds like your crop probably used 15 or 20 inches of moisture, pretty soon the water table drops and all you have is dust, dust doesn’t grow anything, even the earthworms are so far down they’ve forgot which way is up.

Anyway I was a half crop and half cow guy but it’s pretty much all cows around here, most of my land is better suited for cows.

I’m talking chemical and application as weed control becomes a real problem when it’s too wet and it’s just a pain fighting in the mud for that 12 bu and dealing with the mess after.

I don’t doubt we used that much moisture but we have heavier land thus the flooding issues. We always get 6-10ft of snow through winter and it stays and pools for an extended period in spring which helps quite a bit with a recharge so I’m not too concerned with usage this year.

[poorboy]

I’m talking chemical and application as weed control becomes a real problem when it’s too wet and it’s just a pain fighting in the mud for that 12 bu and dealing with the mess after.

I don’t doubt we used that much moisture but we have heavier land thus the flooding issues. We always get 6-10ft of snow through winter and it stays and pools for an extended period in spring which helps quite a bit with a recharge so I’m not too concerned with usage this year.

Most of us guys who have seen 0 to 15% of normal yields live in an area that has probably never lost a crop from fighting excess rain all year. I would think that excess rain resulting in a crop disaster would be much, much worse that a severe drought, unless you are a cattle/sheep guy. Usually grass around for feed when its wet.

Any disaster that hurts ones financials and adds stress is a problem.

[sumdumguy]

People who have lived through the droughts and know how helpless you feel when the crop can’t make anything. That desperate longing for clouds, heavy black dumpers and then you hear guys cursing the rain because they are getting flooded out. . Next year surely will be better than this dry oven. 👍