Friday Crop Report on a Thursday!

[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.

[Guest]

whats it like in your yard chuck, for snow?

[Guest]

Have you been cleaning snow off those roofs?

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

Our spruce trees were loaded heavy with snow but it all melted or got blown off today.

yes , house roof, 5th wheel and gazebo at tobin also
4 full feet of snow there

[SASKFARMER]

No snow down here but camera shows the yard has lots.

Soy up
Corn up
Wheat up
Canola down but why not it’s the one crop with none left.

We are not out of the drought and if it doesn’t start raining till June how shitty will crops germinate then die before it arrives if it does or not.

We can grow one more with 6 inches sun fall but if it doesn’t rain in June we will be half last years crop.

Couldn’t golf the other day because it froze and if you walk on the grass it dies. So had to wait two hours.

[Taiga]

Fields are completely bare ground in the Peace. Snow doesn’t add much here anyway as it typically evaporates/runs off before the ground is thawed anyway, need rain in May and June though because it is bone dry.

[BTO780]

Drew said he’s “optimistic” for the coming yr, not sure how you can get much worse than last year.
He did mention the areas that were in the heart of the drought could take some time to get moisture back into the region. Not quite sure how that equivalents into any optimism.

Germination could be a problem, especially if the winds start blowing ... which we know they always do.
Could be a large part of the province with bare ground real soon if this warmth continues.

[SASKFARMER]

The east side of Sask and Manitoba is usually wet.

Will skippy open the border or will he crawl away like a little weasel.