Well, another week of great harvesting weather. The wind has been an issue some days and not in a good way. Swaths are lifting on odd fields. Today we could be in for a stupid insane Trudeau Type of wind so hang on to your hat.
Ok so harvest is at 76% complete for our area, Canola and oats and flax are coming off. Guys who sprayed later are sitting and waiting. Swath fields will be taken today before the wind.
HRS is all but complete and most in our area would say half a normal crop. Yes, we did better than some areas but half a crop only makes trucking easy this winter. Wheat is still grading good some elevators are playing the falling numbers game but the feed is an option so they can go pound dirt.
Durum is off and anywhere from a 3 to a 5 due to rain in August. Yield similar about half normal.
Peas and lentils are all off yields on peas half and lentils a little better but late-harvested fields have issues from the rain and hail.
Flax fields are sprayed because no one swaths any more flax. Yields are about half normal for sure. Some organic is about a 2 bushel an acre yield.
Canola harvest is underway and some fields are wow how did it do that and then you move a mile away and what the **** happened here crop to put through the combine but nothing in the pods. One large guy summed it up real easy 15 to 30 is all it will do. Talked to another guy in an area that had big rains all year and he thought he would harvest a big crop with lots of mass but not one field went over 40 not one. Regina area 26 to 35. This is areas with rain. So the heat for over 10 days did more damage at flowering than we all thought. Funny this stupid farmer farm tour had the crop in Early July at 12. 47 MT and finally now they think it might be that or a little lower. Ha, the guys from Canola council must be so proud of their stupid report in summer or other organizations that can't even get boots on the ground and look. Canola doesn't like hot dry conditions.
It's a game and they are screwing farmers. Harvest pressure this year is guys filling their $12 to 13 dollar canola contracts that all the grain companies were pushing. Plus the odd $15.
Pastures came back to life a bit with the 5 in of rain. Green feed seeded July 1 is ready to cut and should of been before the cold snap comes. Bales are picked and cows and cowboys are a bit happier again.
The X 9 did arrive and we did use it a full day to see how it works. Run a 50 ft header which is very impressive how it bends. Maybe a few will be on our farm next year.
Not much on the election front for Ag. Actually anyone here anything about a drought or problems?
So have a great week wrapping up harvest 2021 be safe and talk to your neighbors.
Ok so harvest is at 76% complete for our area, Canola and oats and flax are coming off. Guys who sprayed later are sitting and waiting. Swath fields will be taken today before the wind.
HRS is all but complete and most in our area would say half a normal crop. Yes, we did better than some areas but half a crop only makes trucking easy this winter. Wheat is still grading good some elevators are playing the falling numbers game but the feed is an option so they can go pound dirt.
Durum is off and anywhere from a 3 to a 5 due to rain in August. Yield similar about half normal.
Peas and lentils are all off yields on peas half and lentils a little better but late-harvested fields have issues from the rain and hail.
Flax fields are sprayed because no one swaths any more flax. Yields are about half normal for sure. Some organic is about a 2 bushel an acre yield.
Canola harvest is underway and some fields are wow how did it do that and then you move a mile away and what the **** happened here crop to put through the combine but nothing in the pods. One large guy summed it up real easy 15 to 30 is all it will do. Talked to another guy in an area that had big rains all year and he thought he would harvest a big crop with lots of mass but not one field went over 40 not one. Regina area 26 to 35. This is areas with rain. So the heat for over 10 days did more damage at flowering than we all thought. Funny this stupid farmer farm tour had the crop in Early July at 12. 47 MT and finally now they think it might be that or a little lower. Ha, the guys from Canola council must be so proud of their stupid report in summer or other organizations that can't even get boots on the ground and look. Canola doesn't like hot dry conditions.
It's a game and they are screwing farmers. Harvest pressure this year is guys filling their $12 to 13 dollar canola contracts that all the grain companies were pushing. Plus the odd $15.
Pastures came back to life a bit with the 5 in of rain. Green feed seeded July 1 is ready to cut and should of been before the cold snap comes. Bales are picked and cows and cowboys are a bit happier again.
The X 9 did arrive and we did use it a full day to see how it works. Run a 50 ft header which is very impressive how it bends. Maybe a few will be on our farm next year.
Not much on the election front for Ag. Actually anyone here anything about a drought or problems?
So have a great week wrapping up harvest 2021 be safe and talk to your neighbors.
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