Friday Crop Report on a Thursday!

[Partners]

Have you been cleaning snow off those roofs?

Our roofs have 2 to 3ft.
Near level on the leeward side.
Scarey!

Yes did the house 1 week ago.
1 shed the pile slid off today with plus 5.
Now full blown blizzard again..

[Partners]

Well now I know why wheat collapsed today. Line companies and the trade seen all your snow and predicted an above average crop on the way.
Thx Partners
LOL

Like caseih and sheepwheat..we are in a world of our own..
Never on any radar..

[Robertbarlage]

After plus 5 today and hurricane wind the snow sure disappeared!

[shtferbrains]

We show on the edge of the yellow but I think we are on the edge of the Blue.
Was in town today and street past high school the banks are up to the hood on the pick up.
They will have to haul them away cause the street in narrowed to barely 2 car widths and the kids walk there.
Bigly amount of snow for this time of year.

You didn't influence the price partners. The whole commodity board dropped mot just grains.

[mcfarms]

They don't have a red , red enough for Southern Alberta

[Guest]

+4 this mornin and probably 1/2” rain
-30 tonight

[shtferbrains]

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+4 this mornin and probably 1/2” rain
-30 tonight

Same weather here.
Big wind sucking into that warm low pressure from the north.

[WiltonRanch]

Rain snow mix right now. Rained most of the night. Snow dropped but lots still there. Cleaned up one pen in prep for calving. No frost. Hope snow soaks in.

[blackpowder]

Wind shrank snow by half today.
Kinda wish we had some of yours, wow.
I'm predicting we will need adequate rain for any half ass crop.
-30!!??
Warm here next two weeks.
Wow, big country lol.

[helmsdale]

Snow all but completely gone here. This last week really nuked it out. Even the hard packed ice on the driveways in the yard got rotten and started to disappear today.

This is probably the most "undecided" i've been at this point in the calendar for the upcoming crop year. I know what is going to be going where as far as crops are concerned, but:
-zero fertilizer either pre-bought, or taken for delivery.
-nearly zero chemical priced or spoken for either for burn off or in-crop (edge is sourced for mustard, and innoculant is sourced for peas)

Keep looking at long range seasonal outlooks, and can't see the point in locking anything in. Subsoil moisture is non-existant, and snow cover is completely gone, so as of this point (yes, its a long ways out still) germination will be a significant struggle. Drew doesn't seem particularly enthusiastic about this particular neighborhood until sometime late may, possibly early to mid june for any significant moisture to arrive. That does not bode well.

Hoping to get some soil tests done here in the next couple weeks with wide open fields and no snow now. If there's enough N in the ground to grow a 20bu crop that could very well exceed reasonable expectations for yield as is.

Question for guys that are in GARS, what are you seeing for premium increases over the last few years? Finally sent the authorization for release of financial information to assess premiums for this upcoming year, and word from my rep was that premium quotes that were starting to trickle in weren't that far out of the range of previous years even to cover higher than average expenses, as GARS feels higher commodity prices are likely to stick around, and thereby reduce their exposure.